Proverbs 23:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

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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 person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.
  • Heb 13:5 : 5 Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said,“I will never leave you and I will never abandon you.”
  • Prov 26:12 : 12 You have seen a man wise in his own opinion– there is more hope for a fool than for him.
  • Isa 5:21 : 21 Beware, those who think they are wise, those who think they possess understanding.
  • John 6:27 : 27 Do not work for the food that disappears, but for the food that remains to eternal life– the food which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him.”
  • Rom 12:16 : 16 Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited.
  • 1 Tim 6:8-9 : 8 But if we have food and shelter, we will be satisfied with that. 9 Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is the root of all evils. Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves with many pains.
  • Rom 11:25 : 25 For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
  • Matt 6:19 : 19 Lasting Treasure“Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and devouring insect destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
  • Prov 3:7 : 7 Do not be wise in your own estimation; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
  • Prov 15:27 : 27 The one who is greedy for gain troubles his household, but whoever hates bribes will live.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 23:5
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    5When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!

  • Prov 28:22
    76%

    22The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.

  • Ps 62:10
    76%

    10Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression! Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery! If wealth increases, do not become attached to it!

  • Jer 9:23
    76%

    23The LORD says,“Wise people should not boast that they are wise. Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. Rich people should not boast that they are rich.

  • Prov 13:11
    76%

    11Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.

  • Prov 23:3
    75%

    3Do not crave that ruler’s delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

  • Eccl 7:16-17
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    75%

    16So do not be excessively righteous or excessively wise; otherwise you might be disappointed.

    17Do not be excessively wicked and do not be a fool; otherwise you might die before your time.

  • Prov 10:4
    74%

    4The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.

  • Eccl 5:10
    74%

    10Covetousness The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile.

  • Prov 5:10
    74%

    10lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man’s house.

  • Jer 17:11
    73%

    11The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool.”

  • Luke 12:21
    73%

    21So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”

  • Prov 28:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.

    20A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.

  • Prov 14:23-24
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    73%

    23In all hard work there is profit, but merely talking about it only brings poverty.

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

  • Job 36:19
    73%

    19Would your wealth sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, even all your mighty efforts?

  • Ezek 28:4
    73%

    4By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself; you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries.

  • Prov 27:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, set your mind on your herds,

    24for riches do not last forever, nor does a crown last from generation to generation.

  • Ps 39:6
    73%

    6Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away.”

  • Prov 13:7
    73%

    7There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
    73%

    9Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

  • Eccl 4:6
    72%

    6Better is one handful with some rest than two hands full of toil and chasing the wind.

  • Prov 10:22
    72%

    22The blessing from the LORD makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.

  • Prov 22:16
    72%

    16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

  • Prov 28:11
    72%

    11A rich person is wise in his own opinion, but a discerning poor person can evaluate him properly.

  • Prov 21:17
    72%

    17The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.

  • Prov 30:8
    72%

    8Remove falsehood and lies far from me; do not give me poverty or riches, feed me with my allotted portion of bread,

  • 1 Tim 6:17
    72%

    17Command those who are rich in this world’s goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.

  • Prov 21:5
    71%

    5The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty, 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 wisdom of your words.

  • Prov 4:7
    71%

    7Wisdom is supreme– so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding!

  • Prov 20:13
    71%

    13Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.

  • Prov 25:8
    71%

    8Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?

  • Eccl 6:7
    71%

    7All of man’s labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach– yet his appetite is never satisfied!

  • Ps 37:8
    71%

    8Do not be angry and frustrated! Do not fret! That only leads to trouble!

  • Eccl 5:14
    71%

    14Then that wealth was lost through bad luck; although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him.

  • Ps 49:6
    71%

    6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

  • Prov 4:5
    71%

    5Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.

  • Prov 11:4
    71%

    4Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Prov 6:4
    71%

    4Permit no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

  • Ps 49:16
    71%

    16Do not be afraid when a man becomes rich and his wealth multiplies!

  • Eccl 5:12
    71%

    12The sleep of the laborer is pleasant– whether he eats little or much– but the wealth of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

  • Prov 11:28
    71%

    28The one who trusts in his riches 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 may bring forth.

  • Prov 8:10-11
    2 verses
    70%

    10Receive my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold.

    11For wisdom is better than rubies, and desirable things cannot be compared to her.

  • Luke 12:15
    70%

    15Then he said to them,“Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”