Proverbs 23:4 - King James 2000

⁴ Labor not to be rich: cease from your own wisdom.

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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.

Proverbs 23:4 Tagairtí Cros

Job 27:19

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

Proverbs 15:27

He that is greedy of gain troubles his own house; but he that hates bribes shall live.

Proverbs 26:12

See a man wise in his own eyes? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Proverbs 27:24

For riches are not forever: and does the crown endure to every generation?

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that makes haste to be rich shall not go unpunished.

Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not unto your own understanding.

Proverbs 3:7

Be not wise in your own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a great evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept by their owners to their hurt.

Isaiah 5:21

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

Jeremiah 9:22

Speak, Thus says the LORD, Even the dead bodies of men shall fall as refuse upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.

Matthew 6:19

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Mark 4:19

And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

John 6:27

Labor not for the food which perishes, but for that food which endures unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for on him has God the Father set his seal.

Romans 11:25

For I would not, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles comes in.

Romans 12:16

Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.

Hebrews 13:5

Let your conduct be without covetousness; and be content with such things as you have: for he has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you.