Verse 4
Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
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.