Proverbs 23:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Wilt thou seta thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. ”

Proverbs 23:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Set thine eyes - literally, as in the margin, i. e., “gaze eagerly upon;” and then we get an emphatic parallelism with the words that follow, “they fly away as an eagle toward heaven;” “certainly...
Proverbs 23:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

It is possible to take these three verses together as a warning against treachery lurking in the dainties of a royal table. In that case, in Proverbs 23:1 we should render consider diligently what...
Proverbs 23:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

For. This is the reason why "it is gone".
Proverbs 23:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Proverbs 23:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? - litera...
Proverbs 23:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt.
Proverbs 23:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They fly away. — Rather, As an eagle that flieth toward heaven, far beyond thy reach.
Proverbs 23:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 24 EDUCATION: THE PARENT'S THOUGHT OF THE CHILD "Train up a child according to his way, and even when he is old he will not depart from it."- Proverbs 22:6 "Withhold not correction fro...
Proverbs 23:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At the seventeenth verse of the previous chapter the section of the Book begins in which the method is slightly changed. While the teaching is still proverbial, it takes the form of longer discourses...
Proverbs 23:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceit...
Proverbs 23:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ?.... The Vulgate Latin version is, "do not lift up thine eyes to riches which thou canst not have;'' riches no doubt are intended, and which may be...
Proverbs 23:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. Ver. 5. Wilt thou set thine eyes, &c. ] Heb., Wilt tho...
Proverbs 23:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Labour not Hebrew, אל תיגע, Do not weary thyself , namely, with immoderate cares and labours, as many covetous men do; to be rich To raise an estate, and make thy property abundantly more than i...
Proverbs 23:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heave...
Proverbs 23:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that, i.e. look upon it with earnestness and greedy desire, employing the eyes of thy mind and body about it. Which is not; which hath no solid and settled being; wh...
Proverbs 23:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 23:5 . Wilt thou set thine eyes? etc. Rather “ Wilt thou look eagerly after it, and it is gone? ” MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 23:4-5 THE DECEITFULNESS OF RICHES...
Proverbs 23:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 23:1 . When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, and hast a princely feast before thee of meats and wines, put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. How many have stai...
Proverbs 23:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 23:1-20 A hexastich closely connected with the last verse of the preceding chapter, as if the warning was addressed to the man of skill whom his talents had made the gue...
Proverbs 23:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 5. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not, looking eagerly for, craving eagerly after, something which has no lasting substance? For riches certainly make themselves wings, they are n...
Proverbs 23:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 7:29-31 ; 1 John 2:16 ; 1 Timothy 6:17 ; Ecclesiastes 1:2 ; Ecclesiastes 12:8 ; Ecclesiastes 5:13 ; Ecclesiastes 5:14 ; Genesis 42:36 ; Isaiah 55:2 ; James 5:1 ; James 5:2 ;...
Proverbs 23:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Set thine eyes — Look upon it with earnestness and desire. Is not — Which has no solid and settled being. Eagle — Swiftly, strongly, and irrecoverably.

Proverbs 23:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 23:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 23:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 23:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 23:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 23:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 23:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 23:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 23:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 23:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 23:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 23:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 23:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 23:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 23:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 23:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 23:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 23:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 23:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 23:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 23:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes