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Selected Verse: Proverbs 23:5 - Strong Concordance

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Pr 23:5 Strong Concordance Wilt thou set [05774] [05774] thine eyes [05869] upon that which is not? for riches certainly [06213] make [06213] themselves wings [03671]; they fly away [05774] [05774] as an eagle [05404] toward heaven [08064].
  King James Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Wilt . . . eyes--As the eyes fly after or seek riches, they are not, that is, either become transitory or unsatisfying; fully expressed by their flying away.
 
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