Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone,
    for they will surely sprout wings
    and fly off to the sky like an eagle.

Saying 9

Do not eat the food of a stingy host,
    do not crave his delicacies;
for he is the kind of person
    who is always thinking about the cost.[a]
‘Eat and drink,’ he says to you,
    but his heart is not with you.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:7 Or for as he thinks within himself, / so he is; or for as he puts on a feast, / so he is