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Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

Proverbs 23:4 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીનીતિવચનો ૨૩:૪
ધનવાન થવા માટે તન તોડીને મહેનત ન કર; હોશિયાર થઈને પડતું મૂકજે.
हिन्दीनीतिवचन २३:४
धनी होने के लिये परिश्रम न करना; अपनी समझ का भरोसा छोड़ना। (1 तीमु. 6:9)

In context

2put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.

3Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

4Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint.

5Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

6Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies,

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