Proverbs 23:5
"Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven."
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- Proverbs 27:24
"For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?"
Read in chapter → - 1 John 2:16
"For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 6:19
"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:"
Read in chapter → - James 5:1
"Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you."
Read in chapter → - 1 Timothy 6:17
"Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;"
Read in chapter → - Psalms 119:36
"Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 12:8
"Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 42:36
"And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 39:6
"Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them."
Read in chapter → - 1 Corinthians 7:29
"But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;"
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