THEOSISProverbs 23:4Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to thy prudence.
אַל־תִּיגַ֥ע לְֽהַעֲשִׁ֑יר מִֽבִּינָתְךָ֥ חֲדָֽל׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Heb 13:5Let your manners be without covetousness, contented with such things as you have. For he hath said: I will not leave thee: neither will I forsake thee.
- Prov 28:20A faithful man shall be much praised: but he that maketh haste to be rich, shall not be innocent.
- 1 Tim 6:8But having food and wherewith to be covered, with these we are content.
- 1 Tim 6:10For the desire of money is the root of all evils; which some coveting have erred from the faith and have entangled themselves in many sorrows.
- Matt 6:19Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust, and moth consume, and where thieves break through, and steal.
- Prov 3:5Have confidence in the Lord with all thy heart, and lean not upon thy own prudence.
- John 6:27Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that which endureth unto life everlasting, which the Son of man will give you. For him hath God, the Father, sealed.
- Rom 12:16Being of one mind one towards another. Not minding high things, but consenting to the humble. Be not wise in your own conceits.