Proverbs 23:4

Modern English Version

Toil not to acquire wealth; cease from your own understanding.

Cross References

Hebrews 13:5

Let your lives be without love of money, and be content with the things you have. For He has said: “I will never leave you, nor forsake you.”

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful man will abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.

Matthew 6:19

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.

John 6:27

Do not work for the food which perishes, but for that food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For God the Father has set His seal on Him.”

Romans 12:16

Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Do not pretend to be wiser than you are.

Proverbs 15:27

He who is greedy of unjust gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

Proverbs 26:12

Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Isaiah 5:21

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and prudent in their own sight!

Proverbs 3:7

Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and depart from evil.

Romans 11:25

For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, lest you be wise in your own estimation, for a partial hardening has come upon Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

Mark 4:19

But the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

Job 27:19

The rich man will lie down, but he will not be gathered; he opens his eyes, and he is not.

Proverbs 27:24

for riches do not last forever, nor does a crown endure to all generations.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a grave misery that I have observed under the sun: when riches were kept by an owner to his hurt,

Jeremiah 9:22

Speak, Thus says the Lord: “The carcasses of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the sheaf after the harvester, and no one shall gather them.”