Proverbs 23:4
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
King James Version
In Context
3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:5Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Proverbs 15:27He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Proverbs 27:24For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
Ecclesiastes 5:13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
Jeremiah 9:22Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.
John 6:27Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto 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 →