thou Psalm 119:36, 37 Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to covetousness... Jeremiah 22:17 But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence... 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... set thine eyes upon or 'He expresses it in such a way says Abp Tillotson, 'as if a rich man sat brooding over an estate till it was fledged, and gotten itself wings to fly away.' that which Genesis 42:3 And Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy corn in Egypt. Genesis 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep... Genesis 12:8 And he removed from there to a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east... Isaiah 55:2 Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfies not? listen diligently to me... 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 But this I say, brothers, the time is short: it remains, that both they that have wives be as though they had none... riches Proverbs 27:24 For riches are not for ever: and does the crown endure to every generation? Job 1:14-17 And there came a messenger to Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them... Psalm 39:6 Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heaps up riches, and knows not who shall gather them. Ecclesiastes 5:13, 14 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt... Matthew 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 1 Timothy 6:17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God... James 5:1, 2 Go to now, you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come on you...  |
Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky. New American Standard Bible (©1995)
When you set your eyes on it, it is gone. For wealth certainly makes itself wings Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens. King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. International Standard Version (©2012)
When you fix your gaze on it, it's gone, for it sprouts wings for itself and flies to the sky like an eagle. King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Will you set your eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. American King James Version
Will you set your eyes on that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. American 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. Douay-Rheims Bible
Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven. Darby Bible Translation
wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens. English Revised Version
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flieth toward heaven. Webster's Bible Translation
Wilt thou set thy eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make to themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle towards heaven. World English Bible
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky. Young's Literal Translation
For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.
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;
Proverbs 27:24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
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