Leia em Bíblia Online o Livro de Provérbios 23, na versão NVI (Nova Versão Internacional), e medite na palavra de Deus.
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For [riches] certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.
For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him.
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly:
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.