They go to bed with wealth, but will do so no more; they open their eyes, and it is gone.
Proverbs 23:4 - New Revised Standard Version Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to desist. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Labour not to be rich: Cease from thine own wisdom. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Weary not yourself to be rich; cease from your own [human] wisdom. [Prov. 28:20; I Tim. 6:9, 10.] American Standard Version (1901) Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom. Common English Bible Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich; be smart enough to stop. Catholic Public Domain Version Do not be willing to labor so that you may be enriched. But set limits by your prudence. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to thy prudence. |
They go to bed with wealth, but will do so no more; they open their eyes, and it is gone.
Those who are greedy for unjust gain make trouble for their households, but those who hate bribes will live.
Do you see persons wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for fools than for them.
The faithful will abound with blessings, but one who is in a hurry to be rich will not go unpunished.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight.
Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
There is a grievous ill that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owners to their hurt,
Ah, you who are wise in your own eyes, and shrewd in your own sight!
Speak! Thus says the Lord: “Human corpses shall fall like dung upon the open field, like sheaves behind the reaper, and no one shall gather them.”
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal;
but the cares of the world, and the lure of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it yields nothing.
Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal.”
So that you may not claim to be wiser than you are, brothers and sisters, I want you to understand this mystery: a hardening has come upon part of Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are.
Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have; for he has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you.”