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Proverbs 23:4

World English Bible

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

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Proverbs 23:4 in other translations

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

Proverbs 23:4 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 23:4 in context

  1. 2put a knife to your throat,
    if you are a man given to appetite.
  2. 3Don’t be desirous of his dainties,
    since they are deceitful food.
  3. 4Don’t weary yourself to be rich.
    In your wisdom, show restraint.
  4. 5Why do you set your eyes on that which is not?
    For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
  5. 6Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye,
    and don’t crave his delicacies: