Proverbs 23:4 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

⁴ Labor not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ Labour not to be rich: Cease from thine own wisdom.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Weary not yourself to be rich; cease from your own [human] wisdom. [Prov. 28:20; I Tim. 6:9, 10.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.

Common English Bible

⁴ Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich; be smart enough to stop.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ 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

⁴ Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to thy prudence.

Proverbs 23:4 Cross References

Job 27:19

The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

Proverbs 15:27

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

Proverbs 26:12

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

Proverbs 27:24

for riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Proverbs 3:7

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

Isaiah 5:21

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

Jeremiah 9:22

Speak, Thus saith the Lord, Even the carcasses of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.

Matthew 6:19

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Mark 4:19

and the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

John 6:27

Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

Romans 11:25

For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

Romans 12:16

Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.

Hebrews 13:5

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.