Proverbs 23:4 - English Standard Version 2016

⁴ Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist.

Tuilleadh leaganacha

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ Labour not to be rich: Cease from thine own wisdom.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Weary not yourself to be rich; cease from your own [human] wisdom. [Prov. 28:20; I Tim. 6:9, 10.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.

Common English Bible

⁴ Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich; be smart enough to stop.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Do not be willing to labor so that you may be enriched. But set limits by your prudence.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to thy prudence.

Proverbs 23:4 Tagairtí Cros

Job 27:19

He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.

Proverbs 15:27

Whoever is greedy for unjust gain troubles his own household, 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.

Proverbs 27:24

for riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations?

Proverbs 28:20

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

Proverbs 3:5

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

Proverbs 3:7

Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a grievous evil that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt,

Isaiah 5:21

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

Jeremiah 9:22

Speak: “Thus declares the Lord, ‘The dead bodies of men shall fall like dung upon the open field, like sheaves after the reaper, and none shall gather them.’”

Matthew 6:19

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

Mark 4:19

but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

John 6:27

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

Romans 11:25

Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.

Romans 12:16

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”