Proverbs 23:5 Cross References

Proverbs 23:5

5: For riches can disappear as though they had the wings of a bird!

for riches don't last forever, and the crown might not be secure for the next generation.

For the world offers only the lust for physical pleasure, the lust for everything we see, and pride in our possessions. These are not from the Father. They are from this evil world.

"Don't store up treasures here on earth, where they can be eaten by moths and get rusty, and where thieves break in and steal.

Tell those who are rich in this world not to be proud and not to trust in their money, which will soon be gone. But their trust should be in the living God, who richly gives us all we need for our enjoyment.

Look here, you rich people, weep and groan with anguish because of all the terrible troubles ahead of you.
Your wealth is rotting away, and your fine clothes are moth-eaten rags.

"But you! You are full of selfish greed and dishonesty! You murder the innocent, oppress the poor, and reign ruthlessly."

There is another serious problem I have seen in the world. Riches are sometimes hoarded to the harm of the saver,
or they are put into risky investments that turn sour, and everything is lost. In the end, there is nothing left to pass on to one's children.

Now let me say this, dear brothers and sisters: The time that remains is very short, so husbands should not let marriage be their major concern.
Happiness or sadness or wealth should not keep anyone from doing God's work.
Those in frequent contact with the things of the world should make good use of them without becoming attached to them, for this world and all it contains will pass away.

a messenger arrived at Job's home with this news: "Your oxen were plowing, with the donkeys feeding beside them,
when the Sabeans raided us. They stole all the animals and killed all the farmhands. I am the only one who escaped to tell you."
While he was still speaking, another messenger arrived with this news: "The fire of God has fallen from heaven and burned up your sheep and all the shepherds. I am the only one who escaped to tell you."
While he was still speaking, a third messenger arrived with this news: "Three bands of Chaldean raiders have stolen your camels and killed your servants. I am the only one who escaped to tell you."

Jacob exclaimed, "You have deprived me of my children! Joseph has disappeared, Simeon is gone, and now you want to take Benjamin, too. Everything is going against me!"

We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth for someone else to spend.

Why spend your money on food that does not give you strength? Why pay for food that does you no good? Listen, and I will tell you where to get food that is good for the soul!

Home