Proverbs 23:5
5 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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5 Why do you set your eyes on that which is not?
For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 23:5
Commentary on Proverbs 23:4-5
(Read Proverbs 23:4-5)
Be not of those that will be rich. The things of this world are not happiness and a portion for a soul; those that hold them ever so fast, cannot hold them always, cannot hold them long.