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.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 23:4-5
Guarded Desire, Wise Discipline, the Fear of the LORD, and Warnings Against Envy, Gluttony, Lust, and Drunkenness
The chapter moves through warnings about appetite and wealth, discernment at corrupt tables, protection of boundaries and the fatherless, heart-applied instruction and discipline, parental joy, fear of the LORD over envy, warnings against gluttony and drunkenness, honoring parents, buying truth, sexual purity, and a final extended portrait of wine's deceptive destruction.
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Verse 4
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Do notאַל־H408Adverbwear yourself outתִּיגַ֥עH3021Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularto get richלְֽהַעֲשִׁ֑ירH6238Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive constructbe wise enoughמִֽבִּינָתְךָ֥H998Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularto restrain yourselfחֲדָֽל׃H2308Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Verse 5
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When you glanceהֲתָעוּףH5774Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular. . .עֵינֶ֥יךָH5869Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular[at wealth]בּ֗וֹPreposition | third person masculine singularit disappearsוְֽאֵ֫ינֶ֥נּוּH369Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person masculine singularforכִּ֤יH3588Conjunctionit makesעָשֹׂ֣הH6213Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute. . .יַעֲשֶׂה־H6213Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularwings for itselfכְנָפַ֑יִםH3671Noun - fdand fliesוְעָיֵףH5774Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularlike an eagleכְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁרH5404Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singularto the skyהַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃פH8064Article | Noun - masculine plural