Proverbs 23:4

American King James Version (1999)

Labor not to be rich: cease from your own wisdom.

Cross References

Job 27:19

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

Proverbs 15:27

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

Proverbs 26:12

See you 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 does the crown endure to every generation?

Proverbs 28:20

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

Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not to your own understanding.

Proverbs 3:7

Be not wise in your 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 to them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

Jeremiah 9:22

Speak, Thus said the LORD, Even the carcasses of men shall fall as dung on the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.

Matthew 6:19

Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust does 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 becomes unfruitful.

John 6:27

Labor not for the meat which perishes, but for that meat which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give to you: for him has God the Father sealed.

Romans 11:25

For I would not, brothers, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness 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 you have: for he has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you.