Proverbs 23:4-5·~1 min
Saying 8
The hearer is told not to wear himself out chasing riches, because wealth can suddenly sprout wings and disappear. Wisdom here refuses to build life on what can so easily vanish.
D4o not wear yourself out to get rich; 5When you glance at wealth, it disappears,
Section summaryThe eighth saying forbids exhausting oneself to become rich because wealth is transient and winged. It exposes riches as unstable enough to disappear in a glance, thereby redirecting the heart away from anxious striving and toward more durable wisdom.
Role in the chapterThis section functions as a correction to acquisitive obsession. Its work is to weaken misplaced confidence in wealth by stressing its vanishing nature.