Proverbs 23:4-8

New Century Version

⁴ Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich;
    be wise enough to control yourself.
⁵ Wealth can vanish in the wink of an eye.
    It can seem to grow wings
    and fly away like an eagle.

⁶ Don’t eat the food of selfish people;
    don’t be greedy for their fine foods.
⁷ Selfish people are always worrying
    about how much the food costs.
They tell you, “Eat and drink,”
    but they don’t really mean it.
⁸ You will throw up the little you have eaten,
    and you will have wasted your kind words.