Proverbs 23:4
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
In context
2 and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.
3 Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
5 When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
6 Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
Proverbs 23:4 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
- KJV King James Version
- Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
- WEB World English Bible
- Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:
- WBS Webster Bible
- Labor not to be rich: cease from thy own wisdom.