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Proverbs 23:4

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4aDo not weary yourself to gain wealth,

bCease from your 1consideration of it.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or understanding

Cross references

  1. aProv 15:27; 28:20; Matt 6:19; 1 Tim 6:9; Heb 13:5
  2. bProv 3:5, 7

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Do not toil to acquire wealth;

be discerning enough to desist.

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.