World English Bible
Proverbs 23:5
“Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 23
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Don't be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.
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Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
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Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
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Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don't crave his delicacies:
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for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his heart is not with you.