Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 23:5
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When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
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Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
KJV text & permissions
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For [riches] certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.
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