(A)Do not weary yourself to gain wealth,
(B)Cease from your [a]consideration of it.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:4 Or understanding

Saying 8

Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
    do not trust your own cleverness.

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23 Thus says the Lord, “(A)Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the (B)mighty man boast of his might, let not a (C)rich man boast of his riches;

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23 This is what the Lord says:

“Let not the wise boast of their wisdom(A)
    or the strong boast of their strength(B)
    or the rich boast of their riches,(C)

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