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Proverbs 23:4
Do not toil to get wealth, of thine own understanding, forbear:
Proverbs 23:4 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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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, thou shalt consider well, what is before thee;
2 And shalt put a knife to thy throat, if, of great appetite, thou art:
3 Do not crave his dainties, for, the same, are deceitful food.
4 Do not toil to get wealth, of thine own understanding, forbear:
5 Wilt thou let thine eye fly thereupon, when it is nothing? for it will, surely make, itself wings, Like an eagle, will it wing its way across the heavens.
6 Do not eat the food of him that hath a begrudging eye, neither crave thou his dainties;
7 For, just as he hath thought in his own mind, so, he is: Eat and drink! he may say to thee, but, his heart, is not with thee.
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