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Proverbs 23

Pr. 23:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Labor
yaga` (Hebrew #3021)
properly, to gasp; hence, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil
KJV usage: faint, (make to) labour, (be) weary.
Pronounce: yaw-gah'
Origin: a primitive root
v not to be rich
`ashar (Hebrew #6238)
properly, to accumulate; chiefly (specifically) to grow (causatively, make) rich
KJV usage: be(-come, en-, make, make self, wax) rich, make (1 Kings 22:48 marg). See 6240.
Pronounce: aw-shar'
Origin: a primitive root
: cease
chadal (Hebrew #2308)
properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle
KJV usage: cease, end, fall, forbear, forsake, leave (off), let alone, rest, be unoccupied, want.
Pronounce: khaw-dal'
Origin: a primitive root
from thine ownw wisdom
biynah (Hebrew #998)
understanding
KJV usage: knowledge , meaning, X perfectly, understanding, wisdom.
Pronounce: bee-naw'
Origin: from 995
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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 Many are the warnings in Scripture against making the accumulation of wealth the object of the heart. (Proverbs Twenty-Three by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Weary not thyself to become rich; cease from thine own intelligencea:

JND Translation Notes

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See Note, ch. 3.5.