Proverbs 23:4
Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
In Context
3Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
Proverbs 15:27He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.
Proverbs 27:24for riches are not forever, nor does the crown endure to all generations.
Ecclesiastes 5:13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.
Jeremiah 9:22Speak, “The LORD says, “‘The dead bodies of men will fall as dung on the open field, and as the handful after the harvester. No one will gather them.’”
John 6:27Don’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed 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 →