Proverbs 23:4
Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to thy prudence.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
In Context
3Be not desirous of his meats, in which is the bread of deceit.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:5Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence.
Proverbs 15:27He 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 27:24For thou shalt not always have power: but a crown shall be given to generation and generation.
Ecclesiastes 5:13For they are lost with very great affliction: he hath begotten a son, who shall be in extremity of want.
Jeremiah 9:22Speak: 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.
John 6:27Labour 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.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 23:2-4
Cautions against Luxury and Covetousness. 1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: 2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. The sin we are here warned against is luxury and sensuality, and the indulgence of the appetite in eating and drinking, a sin that most easily besets us. 1. We are here told when we enter into temptation, and are in most danger of falling into this sin: " When… Read the whole commentary →