Proverbs Chapter 23 verse 4 Holy Bible
Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.
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Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.
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Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligence:
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Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
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Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
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Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 4, 5. - These form a pentastich. Verse 4. - Labour not - weary not thyself - to be rich. John 6:27, "Labour not for the meat that perisheth," where the warning is against that absorbing eagerness for wealth which leads to evil doing and neglect of all higher interests. Cease from thine own wisdom. The wisdom (binah, Proverbs 3:5) is that which is necessary for making and keeping wealth. Vulgate, Prudentiae tuae pone modum. This is not the highest form of wisdom (chochmah), but rather the faculty of distinguishing one thing from another, mere discernment, which may exist without any religious or keen moral sense (see note on Proverbs 16:16, where possibly the contrast is expressed). Talmud, "He who augments his riches augments his cares." Erasmus, 'Adag,,' quotes or writes - "Jupiter ementitur opes mortalibus ipse,Sic visum ut fuerit, cuicunque, bonove, malove? Septuagint, "If thou art poor, measure not thyself (μὴ παρεκτείνου) with a rich man, but in thy wisdom refrain thyself."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) Cease from thine own wisdom.--Cleverness shewn in piling up wealth.
