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Proverbs 23:4
Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:
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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 thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well who is before thee;
2 and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
3 Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.
4 Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:
5 wilt thou set thine eyes upon it, it is gone; for indeed it maketh itself wings and it flieth away as an eagle towards the heavens.
6 Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties.
7 For as he thinketh in his soul, so is he. Eat and drink! will he say unto thee; but his heart is not with thee.
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