Add parallel Print Page Options

Do not toil to acquire wealth;
    be wise enough to desist.
When your eyes light upon it, it is gone;
    for suddenly it takes to itself wings,
    flying like an eagle toward heaven.
Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy;
    do not desire his delicacies;
for he is like one who is inwardly reckoning.[a]
    “Eat and drink!” he says to you;
    but his heart is not with you.
You will vomit up the morsels which you have eaten,
    and waste your pleasant words.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:7 Heb obscure

Bible Gateway Recommends