[a]When you set your eyes on it, it is gone.
For (A)wealth certainly makes itself wings
Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.

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  1. Proverbs 23:5 Lit Will your eyes fly upon it and it is not?

13 (A)No [a]servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and [b](B)wealth.”

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  1. Luke 16:13 Or house servant
  2. Luke 16:13 See note 1 v 9

(A)But godliness actually is a means of (B)great gain when accompanied by (C)contentment. For (D)we have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it, either. If we (E)have food and [a]covering, with these we shall be content. (F)But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and (G)a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For (H)the love of money is a root of all [b]sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have (I)wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many [c]griefs.

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  1. 1 Timothy 6:8 I.e., any covering for protection, mainly clothing
  2. 1 Timothy 6:10 Lit the evils
  3. 1 Timothy 6:10 Lit pains

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