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Proverbs 23:4

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4dDo not toil to acquire wealth;

ebe discerning enough to desist.

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Cross references

  1. dch. 15:27; 28:20; Matt. 6:19; 1 Tim. 6:9, 10; Heb. 13:5
  2. e[ch. 3:5, 7; 26:12; Isa. 5:21; Rom. 12:16]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do not wear yourself out to get rich;

do not trust your own cleverness.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Don’t wear yourself out to get rich;

because you know better, stop!

NLTNew Living Translation

Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich.

Be wise enough to know when to quit.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Do not tire in order to become rich;

out of your understanding, may you desist.

KJV 1900King James Version

Labour not to be rich:

Cease from thine own wisdom.