Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

General references

Bible References

Labour

Proverbs 28:20
A faithful man shall abound with blessings, but he who makes haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.
John 6:27
Work not for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for God the Father put a seal on this man.
1 Timothy 6:8
but having food and covering we will be content with these.

Cease

Proverbs 3:5
Trust in LORD with all thy heart, and lean not upon thine own understanding.
Proverbs 26:12
See thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope for a fool than of him.
Isaiah 5:21
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Romans 11:25
For I do not want you, brothers, to be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise according to yourselves, that a callousness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles come in.
Romans 12:16
thinking the same way toward each other, not thinking on lofty things, but accommodating to the lowly. Become not wise according to yourselves,

General references

Genesis 34:23
Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.
Ezekiel 28:4
By thy wisdom and by thine understanding thou have gotten thee riches, and have gotten gold and silver into thy treasures.