Verse 4

Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 3:5 : 5 Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don't lean on your own understanding.
• Prov 28:20 : 20 A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
• Heb 13:5 : 5 Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, "I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way 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 Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."
• Rom 12:16 : 16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Don't set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don't be wise in your own conceits.
• 1 Tim 6:8-9 : 8 But having food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9 But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
• Rom 11:25 : 25 For I don't desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won't be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,
• Matt 6:19 : 19 "Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
• Prov 3:7 : 7 Don't be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, 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.