Proverbs 23:4
אַל ־ תִּיגַע לְֽהַעֲשִׁיר מִֽבִּינָתְךָ חֲדָֽל ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
In Context
3אַל ־ תִּתְאָו לְמַטְעַמּוֹתָיו וְהוּא לֶחֶם כְּזָבִֽים ׃
Cross References
Proverbs 3:5בְּטַח אֶל ־ יְהוָה בְּכָל ־ לִבֶּךָ וְאֶל ־ בִּֽינָתְךָ אַל ־ תִּשָּׁעֵֽן ׃
Proverbs 15:27עֹכֵר בֵּיתוֹ בּוֹצֵעַ בָּצַע וְשׂוֹנֵא מַתָּנֹת יִחְיֶֽה ׃
Proverbs 27:24כִּי לֹא לְעוֹלָם חֹסֶן וְאִם ־ נֵזֶר לְדוֹר דור ׃
Ecclesiastes 5:13וְאָבַד הָעֹשֶׁר הַהוּא בְּעִנְיַן רָע וְהוֹלִיד בֵּן וְאֵין בְּיָדוֹ מְאֽוּמָה ׃
Jeremiah 9:22כֹּה ׀ אָמַר יְהוָה אַל ־ יִתְהַלֵּל חָכָם בְּחָכְמָתוֹ וְאַל ־ יִתְהַלֵּל הַגִּבּוֹר בִּגְבֽוּרָתוֹ אַל ־ יִתְהַלֵּל עָשִׁיר בְּעָשְׁרֽוֹ ׃
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 →