World English Bible
"Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint."
— Proverbs 23:4, World English Bible
“Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.”
“Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom. ”
“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 to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;
put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.
Don't be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.
Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don't crave his delicacies:
for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his heart is not with you.