Proverbs 23:4

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Cross References

Hebrews 13:5

Let your manners be without covetousness, contented with such things as you have; for he hath said: I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee.

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful man shall be much praised: but he that maketh haste to be rich, shall not be innocent.

Matthew 6:19

Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust, and moth consume, and where thieves break through and steal.

Proverbs 3:5

Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence.

John 6:27

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

Romans 12:16

Being of one mind one towards another. Not minding high things, but consenting to the humble. Be not wise in your own conceits.

Proverbs 15:27

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house: but he that hateth bribes shall live. By mercy and faith sins are purged away: and by the fear of the Lord every one declineth from evil.

Proverbs 26:12

Hast thou seen a man wise in his own conceit? there shall be more hope of a fool than of him.

Isaiah 5:21

Woe to you that are wise in your own eyes, and prudent in your own conceits.

Proverbs 3:7

Be not wise in thy own conceit: fear God, and depart from evil:

Romans 11:25

For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, (lest you should be wise in your own conceits), that blindness in part has happened in Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles should come in.

Mark 4:19

And the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts after other things entering in choke the word, and it is made fruitless.

Job 27:19

The rich man when he shall sleep shall take away nothing with him: he shall open his eyes and find nothing.

Proverbs 27:24

For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

For they are lost with very great affliction: he hath begotten a son, who shall be in extremity of want.

Jeremiah 9:22

Speak: Thus saith the Lord: Even the carcass of man shall fall as dung upon the face of the country, and as grass behind the back of the mower, and there is none to gather it.