Proverbs 23:4, 5 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures 4 Do not wear yourself out to gain wealth.+ Stop and show understanding.* 5 When you cast your eyes on it, it is not there,+For it will surely sprout wings like an eagle and fly off into the sky.+ 1 John 2:16 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures 16 because everything in the world—the desire of the flesh+ and the desire of the eyes+ and the showy display of one’s means of life*—does not originate with the Father, but originates with the world.
4 Do not wear yourself out to gain wealth.+ Stop and show understanding.* 5 When you cast your eyes on it, it is not there,+For it will surely sprout wings like an eagle and fly off into the sky.+
16 because everything in the world—the desire of the flesh+ and the desire of the eyes+ and the showy display of one’s means of life*—does not originate with the Father, but originates with the world.