Proverbs 23:4-5

⁴Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.b

⁵For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.c

Proverbs 23 is a collection of sayings that function like a father's urgent counsel to a son navigating a world of temptation. The chapter warns against the seductions of wealth, the intoxication of wine, and the allure of the "easy path" that leads to ruin. It calls for discipli

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a: v.2 — Philippians 3:19, Matthew 18:8-9, 1 Corinthians 9:27
b: v.4 — Hebrews 13:5, Proverbs 28:20, Matthew 6:19, 1 Timothy 6:8-10, Proverbs 3:5, John 6:27, Proverbs 15:27, Romans 12:16, Isaiah 5:21, Proverbs 26:12
c: v.5 — Proverbs 27:24, 1 John 2:16, Matthew 6:19, James 5:1-2, 1 Timothy 6:17, Psalms 119:36-37, Genesis 42:36, Ecclesiastes 12:8, Jeremiah 22:17, Job 1:14-17
d: v.7 — Psalms 12:2, Psalms 55:21, Judges 16:15, Matthew 9:3-4, Luke 11:37-54, Luke 7:39, Daniel 11:27, Proverbs 19:22, 2 Samuel 13:26-28
e: v.9 — Proverbs 9:7-8, Matthew 7:6, Proverbs 26:4-5, Proverbs 1:7, Isaiah 36:21, John 10:20, 1 Corinthians 1:21-24, John 8:52, Acts 13:45-46, Acts 28:25-28
f: v.12 — Proverbs 5:1-2, Proverbs 2:2-6, James 1:21-25, Proverbs 23:19, Ezekiel 33:31, Matthew 13:52, Proverbs 22:17
g: v.13 — Proverbs 13:24, Proverbs 29:15, Proverbs 19:18, Proverbs 29:17
h: v.15 — Proverbs 23:24-25, 2 John 1:4, Zephaniah 3:17, Proverbs 29:3, 3 John 1:3-4, 1 Thessalonians 3:8-9, Proverbs 2:1, Proverbs 4:1, John 15:11, 1 John 2:1
i: v.17 — Proverbs 28:14, 2 Corinthians 7:1, Proverbs 15:16, 1 Peter 1:17, Ecclesiastes 5:7, Acts 9:31, Psalms 111:10, Psalms 37:1-3, Proverbs 3:31, Proverbs 24:1
j: v.18 — Hebrews 10:35, Jeremiah 29:11, Psalms 9:18, Philippians 1:20, Proverbs 24:14, Proverbs 24:20, Romans 6:21-22, Psalms 37:37, Luke 16:25
k: v.23 — Proverbs 18:15, Matthew 13:44, Psalms 119:72, Proverbs 16:16, Isaiah 55:1, Philippians 3:7-8, Hebrews 11:26, Proverbs 10:1, Matthew 16:26, Psalms 119:127
l: v.26 — Psalms 119:2, Psalms 119:9-11, Deuteronomy 6:5, Matthew 10:37-38, Proverbs 4:25-27, Proverbs 4:23, Proverbs 3:1, 2 Corinthians 5:14-15, Ephesians 3:17, Proverbs 4:4

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