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Proverbs 23:5

When you glance at wealth, it disappears,

for it makes wings for itself

and flies like an eagle to the sky.

Proverbs 23:5 BSB

Proverbs 23:5 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 6 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 27:24 (11 votes) and 1 John 2:16 (10 votes). 33 other verses point back to it. It links with 18 other books, from Genesis 34 to 1 John 2.

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Which verses does Proverbs 23:5 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Proverbs 27:2411 votes

    for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation.

  2. 1 John 2:1610 votes

    For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

  3. Matthew 6:196 votes

    Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

  4. 1 Timothy 6:176 votes

    Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.

  5. James 5:1–26 votes

    Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.

  6. Psalm 119:36–375 votes

    Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain. Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.

  7. Genesis 42:363 votes

    Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”

  8. Ecclesiastes 12:83 votes

    “Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile!”

  9. Job 1:14–172 votes

    a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby, the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!” …

  10. Psalm 39:62 votes

    Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.

  11. Ecclesiastes 1:22 votes
  12. Jeremiah 22:172 votes
  13. 1 Corinthians 7:29–312 votes
  14. Ecclesiastes 5:13–141 vote
  15. Isaiah 55:21 vote

Which verses point to Proverbs 23:5?

The 10 strongest of 33.