Proverbs 23:4
Don't wear yourself out trying to get rich—be wise enough not to bother!
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
In Context
3Don't be greedy for his fancy food, for it's offered with deceptive motives.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:5Put your trust totally in the Lord—don't rely on what you think you know!
Proverbs 15:27People greedy for ill-gotten gains make trouble for their families, but those who hate bribes will live.
Proverbs 27:24for wealth doesn't last forever—is a crown passed down through all generations?
Ecclesiastes 5:13I observed something here that is really sickening: people who hoard money damage themselves.
Jeremiah 9:22Tell everyone this is what the Lord says: Dead bodies will be left where they fall like manure in the fields, lying there like stalks of freshly-cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to collect them.
John 6:27Don't be preoccupied about food that doesn't last, but concentrate on the lasting food of eternal life which the Son of man will give you, for God the Father has placed his seal of approval on him.”
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 →