Proverbs 23:4

Bible in Basic English 1965

Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.

Cross References

Job 27:19

He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.

Proverbs 15:27

He whose desires are fixed on profit is a cause of trouble to his family; but he who has no desire for offerings will have life.

Proverbs 26:12

Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.

Proverbs 27:24

For wealth is not for ever, and money does not go on for all generations.

Proverbs 28:20

A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.

Proverbs 3:5

Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.

Proverbs 3:7

Put no high value on your wisdom: let the fear of the Lord be before you, and keep yourself from evil:

Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a great evil which I have seen under the sunwealth kept by the owner to be his downfall.

Isaiah 5:21

Cursed are those who seem wise to themselves, and who take pride in their knowledge!

Jeremiah 9:22

The bodies of men will be falling like waste on the open fields, and like grain dropped by the grain-cutter, and no one will take them up.

Matthew 6:19

Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.

Mark 4:19

And the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, and the desire for other things coming in, put a stop to the growth of the word, and it gives no fruit.

John 6:27

Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.

Romans 11:25

For it is my desire, brothers, that this secret may be clear to you, so that you may not have pride in your knowledge, that Israel has been made hard in part, till all the Gentiles have come in;

Romans 12:16

Be in harmony with one another. Do not have a high opinion of yourselves, but be in agreement with common people. Do not give yourselves an air of wisdom.

Hebrews 13:5

Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times.