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Proverbs 23:5

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

5 Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.

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