Proverbs 23:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Give up trying so hard to get rich.

Cross References

Job 27:19

Those sinners may go to bed rich, but they will wake up poor.

Proverbs 15:27

Being greedy causes trouble for your family, but you protect yourself by refusing bribes.

Proverbs 26:12

There is more hope for a fool than for someone who says, “I'm really clever!”

Proverbs 27:24

because wealth and honour don't last for ever.

Proverbs 28:20

God blesses his loyal people, but punishes all who want to get rich quick.

Proverbs 3:5

With all your heart you must trust the LORD and not your own judgment.

Proverbs 3:7

Don't ever think that you are wise enough, but respect the LORD and stay away from evil.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

I have seen something terribly unfair. People get rich, but it does them no good.

Isaiah 5:21

You think you are clever and wise.

Jeremiah 9:22

“The LORD has told us the ground will be covered with dead bodies, like stalks of ungathered grain or like manure.”

Matthew 6:19

Don't store up treasures on earth! Moths and rust can destroy them, and thieves can break in and steal them.

Mark 4:19

But they start worrying about the needs of this life. They are fooled by the desire to get rich and to have all kinds of other things. So the message gets choked out, and they never produce anything.

John 6:27

Don't work for food that spoils. Work for food that gives eternal life. The Son of Man will give you this food, because God the Father has given him the right to do so.”

Romans 11:25

My friends, I don't want you Gentiles to be too proud of yourselves. So I will explain the mystery of what has happened to the people of Israel. Some of them have become stubborn, and they will stay like that until the complete number of you Gentiles has come in.

Romans 12:16

Be friendly with everyone. Don't be proud and feel that you are cleverer than others. Make friends with ordinary people.

Hebrews 13:5

Don't fall in love with money. Be satisfied with what you have. The Lord has promised that he will not leave us or desert us.