4Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint.
4Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint.
1 When you sit to dine with a ruler, note well what is before you,
2 and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony.
3 Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint.
5 Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.
6 Do not eat the food of a stingy man, do not crave his delicacies;
23:4Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
23:4Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to thy prudence.
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.