Proverbs 23:4

Cease from thine own wisdom. — Cleverness shewn in piling up wealth.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 23:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Cease from thine own wisdom - i. e., “Cease from the use of what is in itself most excellent, if it only serves to seek after wealth, and so mini...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Labour not to be rich: cease from thy own (d) wisdom. (d) Bestow not the gifts that God has given you, to get worldly riches.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

It is possible to take these three verses together as a warning against treachery lurking in the dainties of a royal table. In that case, in Proverb...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Labour not, &c. Illustrations: Lot ( Genesis 13:10 ; Genesis 13:13 ); the rich fool ( Luke 12:16-20 . Compare Proverbs 10:16 ). See Jeremiah'...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. Labour not to be rich - Let not this be thy object. Labour to provide things honest in the sight...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Labour not to be rich— In this admonition against covetousness, the wise man neither forbids all labour, nor a provident care, which he commends in...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. Labour not to be rich ( John 6:27 ; Matthew 6:19 ); cease from thine own wisdom - fro...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. RV 'him that is before thee.' Do not excite his contempt.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Cease, etc.] i.e. desist from the attempt to be rich. 6-8. Estimate the niggard according to his thoughts, rather than his words. Your pleasant...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At the seventeenth verse of the previous chapter the section of the Book begins in which the method is slightly changed. While the teaching is still...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Be...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Labour not to be rich ,.... In an immoderate over anxious way and manner, to a weariness, as the word u signifies, and even as to gape for breath me...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. Ver. 4. Labour not to be rich. ] The courtier is still at his lesson. Many have gotten into...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Labour not Hebrew, אל תיגע, Do not weary thyself , namely, with immoderate cares and labours, as many covetous men do; to be rich To raise an es...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themse...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Labour not, Heb. Do not weary thyself with immoderate cares and labours , as many covetous men do. From thine own wisdom; from that carnal wisdo...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 23:5 . Wilt thou set thine eyes? etc. Rather “ Wilt thou look eagerly after it, and it is gone? ” MAIN HOMILETICS OF...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 23:1 . When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, and hast a princely feast before thee of meats and wines, put a knife to thy throat, if th...
The Biblical Illustrator

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. Mammon All the precepts of Scripture have their origin in the benevolence of God. Man labou...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 23:1-20 A hexastich closely connected with the last verse of the preceding chapter, as if the warning was addressed to...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 4. Labor not to be rich, the vanity of such an ambition being obvious; cease from thine own wisdom, having enough common sense not to make the...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 6:8-10 ; Isaiah 5:21 ; John 6:27 ; Proverbs 26:12 ; Proverbs 28:20 ; Proverbs 3:5 ; Romans 11:25 ; Romans 12:16
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thine own wisdom — From worldly wisdom, which persuades men to use all possible means to get riches.

⁴ Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 23:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 23:4