4Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.


In Context

1 When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;

2 put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.

3 Don't be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

4 Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

5 Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

6 Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don't crave his delicacies:

Proverbs 23:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:4Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:4Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:4Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to thy prudence.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:4Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:4Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:4Weary not thyself to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:4Labor not to be rich: cease from thy own wisdom.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:4Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:4Labor not to be rich: cease from your own wisdom.