Proverbs 23:4-8

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁴ Do not wear yourself out getting rich.
Be smart enough to stop.
⁵ Will you catch only a fleeting glimpse of wealth before it is gone?
It makes wings for itself like an eagle flying into the sky.

⁶ Do not eat the food of one who is stingy,
and do not crave his delicacies.
⁷ As he calculates the cost to himself, this is what he does:
He tells you, “Eat and drink,”
but he doesn’t really mean it.
⁸ You will vomit the little bit you have eaten
and spoil your pleasant conversation.