Proverbs 23:4-5 Devotionals, Articles & Bible Study

⁴Do not wear yourself out to get rich;

be wise enough to restrain yourself.

⁵When you glance at wealth, it disappears,

for it makes wings for itself

and flies like an eagle to the sky.

— Proverbs 23:4-5

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