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Proverbs 23:4-5
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4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
    be wise enough to desist.(A)
5 When your eyes light upon it, it is gone,
    for suddenly it takes wings to itself,
    flying like an eagle toward heaven.

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Proverbs 23:4-5
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4 Do not tire in order to become rich;
    out of your understanding, may you desist.
5 Your eyes will alight[a] on it, but there is nothing to it,
    for suddenly it will make for itself wings
    like an eagle and it will be exhausted in the heavens.

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  1. Proverbs 23:5 Literally “cause to fly”
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Proverbs 23:4-5
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Saying 8

4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
    do not trust your own cleverness.
5 Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone,(A)
    for they will surely sprout wings
    and fly off to the sky like an eagle.(B)

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