Catholic Public Domain Version
"Do not be willing to labor so that you may be enriched. But set limits by your prudence. "
— Proverbs 23:4, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.”
“Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom. ”
“Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.”
“Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.”
“Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to thy prudence.”
“Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.”
“Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.”
When you sit down to eat with a leader, pay close attention to what has been set before your face,
and put a knife to your throat, if, in such a way, you could hold your soul in your own power.
Do not desire his foods, in which is the bread of deceit.
Do not be willing to labor so that you may be enriched. But set limits by your prudence.
Do not raise your eyes toward wealth that you are not able to have. For they will make themselves wings, like those of an eagle, and they will fly in the sky.
Do not eat with an envious man, and do not desire his foods.
For, like a seer and an interpreter of dreams, he presumes what he does not know. “Eat and drink,” he will say to you; and his mind is not with you.