Proverbs 23:4
If you are poor, measure not yourself with a rich man; but refrain yourself in your wisdom.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
In Context
3desire not his provisions; for these belong to a false life.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:5Trust in God with all your heart; and be not exalted in your own wisdom.
Proverbs 15:27A receiver of bribes destroys himself; but he that hates the receiving of bribes is safe. By alms and by faithful dealings + 15:27 Observe, this is not in the Heb. nor any such doctrine. sins are purged away; but by the fear of the Lord every one departs from evil.
Proverbs 27:24For a man has not strength and power for ever; neither does he transmit it from generation to generation.
Ecclesiastes 5:13And that wealth shall perish in an evil trouble: and the man begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
Jeremiah 9:22And the carcasses of the men shall be for an example on the face of the field of your land, like grass after the mower, and there shall be none to gather them.
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 →