Proverbs 23:4
Do not toil to get wealth, of thine own understanding, forbear:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
In Context
3Do not crave his dainties, for, the same, are deceitful food.
Cross References
Proverbs 3:5Trust thou in Yahweh, with all thy heart, and, unto thine own understanding, do not lean:
Proverbs 15:27He, troubleth his own house, who graspeth with greed, but, he that hateth gifts, shall live.
Proverbs 27:24For, not age-abiding, are riches, nor is the diadem, from generation to generation:—
Ecclesiastes 5:13Here was an incurable evil, I had seen under the sun, riches kept by the owner thereof, to his hurt;
Jeremiah 9:22Speak thou, Thus, declareth Yahweh, So shall fall the dead bodies of men, Like dung heaps on the face of the field,—And like swaths after the harvestman, With none to gather.
John 6:27Be working, not for the food that perisheth, but for the food that endureth unto life age-abiding,—which, the Son of Man, unto you, will give; for upon, the same, hath the Father, even God, set his seal.
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 →