Proverbs 23:4

Catholic Public Domain Version

Do not be willing to labor so that you may be enriched. But set limits by your prudence.

Cross References

Job 27:19

When he falls asleep, the rich man will leave him with nothing; he will open his eyes and find nothing.

Proverbs 15:27

Whoever pursues avarice disturbs his own house. But whoever hates bribes shall live. Through mercy and faith, sins are purged. But through the fear of the Lord, each one turns aside from evil.

Proverbs 26:12

Have you seen a man who seems wise to himself? There will be greater hope held for the unwise than for him.

Proverbs 27:24

for you will not always hold this power. But a crown shall be awarded from generation to generation.

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful man shall be greatly praised. But whoever rushes to become rich will not be innocent.

Proverbs 3:5

Have confidence in the Lord with all your heart, and do not depend upon your own prudence.

Proverbs 3:7

Do not seem wise to yourself. Fear God, and withdraw from evil.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

For they are lost in a most grievous affliction. He has produced a son, who will be in the utmost destitution.

Isaiah 5:21

Woe to you who are wise in your own eyes, and prudent in your own sight!

Jeremiah 9:22

"Speak: Thus says the Lord: And the corpses of men will fall like manure over the face of the countryside, and like hay behind the back of the reaper, and there will be no one to gather it."

Matthew 6:19

Do not choose to store up for yourselves treasures on earth: where rust and moth consume, and where thieves break in and steal.

Mark 4:19

but worldly tasks, and the deception of riches, and desires about other things enter in and suffocate the word, and it is effectively without fruit.

John 6:27

Do not work for food that perishes, but for that which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."

Romans 11:25

For I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery (lest you seem wise only to yourselves) that a certain blindness has occurred in Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has arrived.

Romans 12:16

Be of the same mind toward one another: not savoring what is exalted, but consenting in humility. Do not choose to seem wise to yourself.

Hebrews 13:5

Let your behavior be without avarice; be content with what you are offered. For he himself has said, "I will not abandon you, and I will not neglect you."