Proverbs 23:4

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Do not wear yourself out trying to become rich; stop relying on your own understanding.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 3:5 : 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding.
  • Prov 28:20 : 20 A faithful man will abound in blessings, but one in a hurry to get rich will not go unpunished.
  • Heb 13:5 : 5 Let your character be free from the love of money, being content with what you have, for He has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you.'
  • Prov 26:12 : 12 Do you see a person who is wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.
  • Isa 5:21 : 21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight!
  • John 6:27 : 27 'Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him, God the Father has set his seal of approval.'
  • Rom 12:16 : 16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation.
  • 1 Tim 6:8-9 : 8 If we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.
  • Rom 11:25 : 25 I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not become conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
  • Matt 6:19 : 19 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
  • Prov 3:7 : 7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
  • Prov 15:27 : 27 Whoever is greedy for gain troubles his household, but the one who hates bribes will live.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 23:5
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    5Will you fix your eyes on wealth only for it to vanish? For it makes itself wings and flies away like an eagle toward the heavens.

  • Prov 28:22
    76%

    22A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth and does not consider that poverty will come upon him.

  • Ps 62:10
    76%

    10Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.

  • Jer 9:23
    76%

    23But let the one who boasts boast in this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord who exercises kindness, justice, and righteousness on the earth, for in these things I delight, declares the Lord.

  • Prov 13:11
    76%

    11Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

  • Prov 23:3
    75%

    3Do not crave his delicacies, for they are deceptive food.

  • Eccl 7:16-17
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    16Do not be overly righteous, neither make yourself too wise—why destroy yourself?

    17Do not be excessively wicked, and do not act foolishly—why should you die before your time?

  • Prov 10:4
    74%

    4Laziness leads to poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.

  • Eccl 5:10
    74%

    10As goods increase, so do those who consume them. And what benefit are they to the owners except to feast their eyes on them?

  • Prov 5:10
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    10Lest strangers feast on your strength, and your hard-earned wealth end up in the house of a foreigner.

  • Jer 17:11
    73%

    11Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay, so is one who gains wealth by unjust means. In the middle of his life, it will desert him, and in the end, he will prove to be a fool.

  • Luke 12:21
    73%

    21So it is with one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.

  • Prov 28:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but the one who chases worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

    20A faithful man will abound in blessings, but one in a hurry to get rich will not go unpunished.

  • Prov 14:23-24
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    73%

    23In all hard work there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

    24The wealth of the wise is their crown, but the folly of fools yields only folly.

  • Job 36:19
    73%

    19Will your cry for help set things in order in distress, or will your exertions of strength suffice?

  • Ezek 28:4
    73%

    4By your wisdom and understanding, you have made wealth for yourself, and you have gathered gold and silver into your treasuries.

  • Prov 27:23-24
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    73%

    23Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds.

    24For riches do not last forever, nor does a crown endure to all generations.

  • Ps 39:6
    73%

    6Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah.

  • Prov 13:7
    73%

    7One pretends to be rich yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor yet has great wealth.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
    73%

    9But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

  • Eccl 4:6
    72%

    6Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.

  • Prov 10:22
    72%

    22The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and He adds no sorrow with it.

  • Prov 22:16
    72%

    16One who oppresses the poor to increase their wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich will both come to poverty.

  • Prov 28:11
    72%

    11A rich man may be wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with understanding will see right through him.

  • Prov 21:17
    72%

    17Whoever loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and oil will not become rich.

  • Prov 30:8
    72%

    8Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.

  • 1 Tim 6:17
    72%

    17Command those who are rich in this present age not to be arrogant or to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.

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    71%

    5The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

  • Prov 23:9
    71%

    9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the insight of your words.

  • Prov 4:7
    71%

    7Wisdom is supreme—acquire wisdom. Though it costs you all you have, gain understanding.

  • Prov 20:13
    71%

    13Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

  • Prov 25:8
    71%

    8Do not go hastily to court, lest you do something in the end that leaves you humiliated when your neighbor puts you to shame.

  • Eccl 6:7
    71%

    7All human toil is for their mouth, yet their appetite is never satisfied.

  • Ps 37:8
    71%

    8Cease from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it only leads to evil.

  • Eccl 5:14
    71%

    14As everyone comes naked from their mother’s womb, so they depart naked as they came. They take nothing from their toil that they can carry in their hands.

  • Ps 49:6
    71%

    6Why should I fear in evil days, when iniquity surrounds me, at my heels?

  • Prov 4:5
    71%

    5Acquire wisdom; acquire understanding. Do not forget or turn away from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 11:4
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    4Riches do not profit on the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Prov 6:4
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    4Do not allow sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

  • Ps 49:16
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    16But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for He will receive me. Selah.

  • Eccl 5:12
    71%

    12I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owners.

  • Prov 11:28
    71%

    28Whoever trusts in his wealth will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

  • Prov 27:1
    70%

    1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day will bring.

  • Prov 8:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.

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  • Luke 12:15
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    15Then He said to them, "Watch out, and be on guard against every form of greed, because one’s life is not defined by the abundance of possessions."