Proverbs 23:4

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Don’t ruin your health trying to get rich. If you are smart, you will give it up.

Cross References

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your lives free from the love of money. And be satisfied with what you have. God has said, “I will never leave you; I will never run away from you.” Deuteronomy 31:6

Proverbs 28:20

People who can be trusted will have many blessings, but those who are just trying to get rich in a hurry will be punished.

Matthew 6:19

“Don’t save treasures for yourselves here on earth. Moths and rust will destroy them. And thieves can break into your house and steal them.

Proverbs 3:5

Trust the Lord completely, and don’t depend on your own knowledge.

John 6:27

But earthly food spoils and ruins. So don’t work to get that kind of food. But work to get the food that stays good and gives you eternal life. The Son of Man will give you that food. He is the only one qualified by God the Father to give it to you.”

Romans 12:16

Live together in peace with each other. Don’t be proud, but be willing to be friends with people who are not important to others. Don’t think of yourself as smarter than everyone else.

Proverbs 15:27

Whoever takes money to do wrong invites disaster. Refuse such gifts, and you will live.

Proverbs 26:12

People who think they are wise when they are not are worse than fools.

Isaiah 5:21

They think they are so smart. They think they are very intelligent.

Proverbs 3:7

Don’t trust in your own wisdom, but fear and respect the Lord and stay away from evil.

Romans 11:25

I want you to understand this secret truth, brothers and sisters. This truth will help you understand that you don’t know everything. The truth is this: Part of Israel has been made stubborn, but that will change when enough non-Jewish people have come to God.

Mark 4:19

but their lives become full of other things: the worries of this life, the love of money, and everything else they want. This keeps the teaching from growing, and it does not produce a crop in their lives.

Job 27:19

They might be rich when they go to bed, but when they open their eyes, all their riches will be gone.

Proverbs 27:24

Neither wealth nor nations last forever.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a very sad thing that I have seen happen in this life. People save their money for the future.

Jeremiah 9:22

This is what you should say: “The Lord says, ‘Dead bodies will lie in the fields like dung. Their bodies will lie on the ground like grain a farmer has cut. But there will be no one to gather them.’”