Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Labour
General references
Bible References
Labour
Proverbs 28:20
A faithful man shall overflow with blessings, but he who makes haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
John 6:27
Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for that food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you. For God the Father sealed Him.
1 Timothy 6:8
But having food and clothing, we will be content.
Cease
Proverbs 3:5
Trust in Jehovah with all your heart, and lean not to your own understanding.
Proverbs 26:12
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Isaiah 5:21
Woe to those wise in their own eyes, and bright in their own sight!
Romans 11:25
For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, lest you should be wise within yourselves; that blindness in part has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the nations has comes in.
Romans 12:16
minding the same thing toward one another, not minding high things, but yielding to the lowly. Do not be wise within yourselves.
General references
Genesis 34:23
Shall not their cattle and their substance and every animal of theirs be ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will live with us.
Ezekiel 28:4
With your wisdom and with your understanding you have made riches for yourselves, and have worked gold and silver into your treasuries.