Proverbs 23:4 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

Proverbs 23:4 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 13:5
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Proverbs 28:20
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
1 Timothy 6:8-10
And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. …
Matthew 6:19
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Topics

Avarice Beneficence Care Carnal Mindedness Conceit Confidence Covetousness Cupidity

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 4-5)

As some are given to appetite (Prov. 23:2) so others to covetousness, and those Solomon here takes to task. Men cheat themselves as much by setting their hearts on money (though it seems most substantial) as by setting them on dainties. Observe, I. How he dissuades the covetous man from toiling and tormenting himself (Prov. 23:4). “Do not aim to be rich, to raise an estate, and to make what thou h…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 4)

4-5. (Compare 1Ti 6:9, 10). thine own wisdom--which regards riches intrinsically as a blessing.