Why do you set your eyes on that which is not?
For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not?
For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
Proverbs 23:2–8
put a knife to your throat
if you are a man given to appetite.
Don’t be desirous of his dainties,
since they are deceitful food.
Don’t weary yourself to be rich.
In your wisdom, show restraint.
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not?
For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye,
and don’t crave his delicacies,
for as he thinks about the cost, so he is.
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
You will vomit up the morsel which you have eaten
and waste your pleasant words.
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