4Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to thy prudence.
4Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to thy prudence.
1 When thou shalt sit to eat with a prince, consider diligently what is set before thy face.
2 And put a knife to thy throat, if it be so that thou have thy soul in thy own power.
3 Be not desirous of his meats, in which is the bread of deceit.
4 Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to thy prudence.
5 Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven.
6 Eat not with an envious man, and desire not his meats:
23:4Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
23:4Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint.
23:4Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.
23:4Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:
23:4Weary not thyself to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom.
23:4Labor not to be rich: cease from thy own wisdom.
23:4Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
23:4Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.
23:4Labor not to be rich: cease from your own wisdom.