Proverbs 23:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

Do not labor to be rich; cease from your own wisdom.

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  • Prov 3:5 : 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and do not lean on your own understanding.
  • Prov 28:20 : 20 A faithful person shall abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich shall not be innocent.
  • Heb 13:5 : 5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be 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 man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
  • Isa 5:21 : 21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
  • John 6:27 : 27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give to you: for him God the Father has sealed.
  • Rom 12:16 : 16 Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.
  • 1 Tim 6:8-9 : 8 And having food and clothing, let us be content with that. 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil: which while some coveted after, they have strayed from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
  • Rom 11:25 : 25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
  • Matt 6:19 : 19 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,
  • Prov 3:7 : 7 Be not wise in your own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
  • Prov 15:27 : 27 He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 23:5
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    5Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

  • Prov 28:22
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    22He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye and does not consider that poverty shall come upon him.

  • Ps 62:10
    76%

    10Trust not in oppression, and do not become vain in robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

  • Jer 9:23
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    23Thus says the LORD, 'Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, nor let the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in his riches:

  • Prov 13:11
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    11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall increase.

  • Prov 23:3
    75%

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

  • Eccl 7:16-17
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    75%

    16Do not be overly righteous, nor make yourself overly wise; why should you destroy yourself?

    17Do not be overly wicked, nor be foolish; why should you die before your time?

  • Prov 10:4
    74%

    4He becomes poor who deals with a slack hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

  • Eccl 5:10
    74%

    10He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with increase; this also is vanity.

  • Prov 5:10
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    10Lest strangers be filled with your wealth, and your labors be in the house of a stranger;

  • Jer 17:11
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    11As the partridge sits on eggs, and hatches them not; so he that gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

  • Luke 12:21
    73%

    21So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

  • Prov 28:19-20
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    73%

    19He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows vain persons shall have poverty enough.

    20A faithful person shall abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich shall not be innocent.

  • Prov 14:23-24
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    73%

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

    24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the foolishness of fools is folly.

  • Job 36:19
    73%

    19Will he value your riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

  • Ezek 28:4
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    4With your wisdom and with your understanding you have gained riches for yourself, and gathered gold and silver into your treasures:

  • Prov 27:23-24
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    73%

    23Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds.

    24For riches are not forever; does a crown endure to every generation?

  • Ps 39:6
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    6Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are troubled in vain: he heaps up riches, and does not know who shall gather them.

  • Prov 13:7
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    7There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; there is one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
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    9But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

  • Eccl 4:6
    72%

    6Better is a handful with quietness than both hands full, with toil and vexation of spirit.

  • Prov 10:22
    72%

    22The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.

  • Prov 22:16
    72%

    16He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11The rich man is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding searches him out.

  • Prov 21:17
    72%

    17He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

  • Prov 30:8
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    8Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

  • 1 Tim 6:17
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    17Charge those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;

  • Prov 21:5
    71%

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

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

  • Prov 4:7
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    7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all your getting, get understanding.

  • Prov 20:13
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    13Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

  • Prov 25:8
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    8Do not go forth hastily to contend, lest you know not what to do in the end thereof, when your neighbor has put you to shame.

  • Eccl 6:7
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    7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet his appetite is not satisfied.

  • Ps 37:8
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    8Cease from anger and forsake wrath; do not fret—it only leads to evil.

  • Eccl 5:14
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    14But those riches perish through misfortune, and he begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

  • Ps 49:6
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    6Those who trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

  • Prov 4:5
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    5Get wisdom, get understanding: do not forget it; neither turn away from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 11:4
    71%

    4Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Prov 6:4
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    4Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.

  • Ps 49:16
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    16Be not afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

  • Eccl 5:12
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    12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

  • Prov 11:28
    71%

    28He who trusts in his riches shall fall, but the righteous shall flourish like a branch.

  • Prov 27:1
    70%

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

  • Prov 8:10-11
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    70%

    10Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

    11For wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired cannot compare to it.

  • Luke 12:15
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    15And he said to them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of the things which he possesses.