Parallel Verses
World English Bible
Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Holman Bible
stop giving your attention to it.
International Standard Version
Don't exhaust yourself acquiring wealth; be smart enough to stop.
American Standard Version
Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.
Amplified
Do not weary yourself [with the overwhelming desire] to gain wealth;
Cease from your own understanding of it.
Bible in Basic English
Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money
Darby Translation
Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not labor to become rich: cease from thy wisdom.
King James 2000
Labor not to be rich: cease from your own wisdom.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do not tire [in order] to become rich; out of your understanding, [may you] desist
Modern King James verseion
Do not labor to be rich; cease from your own understanding.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Take not over great travail and labour to be rich, beware of such a purpose.
NET Bible
Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
New Heart English Bible
Do not weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
The Emphasized Bible
Do not toil to get wealth, of thine own understanding, forbear:
Webster
Labor not to be rich: cease from thy own wisdom.
Youngs Literal Translation
Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.
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Word Count of 19 Translations in Proverbs 23:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Living With Your Neighbor
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.
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Cross References
Proverbs 28:20
A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 3:5
Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don't lean on 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 who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Romans 12:16
Be of the same mind one toward another. Don't set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don't be wise in your own conceits.
Hebrews 13:5
Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, "I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you."
Proverbs 3:7
Don't be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.
Proverbs 15:27
He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.
Matthew 6:19
"Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
John 6:27
Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."
Romans 11:25
For I don't desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won't be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,
1 Timothy 6:8-10
But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.