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Proverbs 23:4-6
Lexham English Bible
Proverbs 23:4-6
Lexham English Bible
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.
6 Do not eat the bread of the stingy,[b]
and do not desire his delicacies.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:5 Literally “cause to fly”
- Proverbs 23:6 Literally “stingy of eye”
Proverbs 23:4-6
New International Version
Proverbs 23:4-6
New International Version
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)
Saying 9
6 Do not eat the food of a begrudging host,
do not crave his delicacies;(C)
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