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Proverbs 23:4
Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.
Proverbs 23:4 · Bible in Basic English
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Proverbs 23:4 in other translations
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
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In context
1 When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you;
2 And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.
3 Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.
4 Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.
5 Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.
6 Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:
7 For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you.
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