Pro 23:5, Ecc 1:8, 2:10-11, 5:10-11, 6:7, Jer 22:17, 1Jo 2:16 | ESV | STEP | When your eyes light on it, it is gone , for suddenly it sprouts wings , flying like an eagle toward heaven .

Proverbs 23:5

5 When your eyes light on it, it is gone,
^afor suddenly it sprouts wings,
flying like an eagle toward heaven.

Ecclesiastes 1:8

8 All things are full of weariness;
a man cannot utter it;
^bthe eye is not satisfied with seeing,
nor the ear filled with hearing.

Ecclesiastes 2:10-11

10 And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart ^cfound pleasure in all my toil, and this was my ^dreward for all my toil. 11 Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was ^evanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing ^fto be gained under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 5:10-11

10 He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity. 11 When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes?

Ecclesiastes 6:7

7 ^gAll the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied. ^{▼▼Hebrew filled}

Jeremiah 22:17

17 But you have eyes and heart
only for your dishonest gain,
ⁱfor shedding innocent blood,
and for practicing oppression and violence.”

1 John 2:16

16 For all that is in the world— ^jthe desires of the flesh and ^kthe desires of the eyes and pride of life ^{▼▼Or pride in possessions}—is not from the Father but is from the world.