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Proverbs 23:5

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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.

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  1. Proverbs 23:3

    Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

  2. Proverbs 23:4

    Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

  3. Proverbs 23:6

    Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

  4. Proverbs 23:7

    For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.