Proverbs 28:22
A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
Note Hebrew A man whose eye is evil
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
Note hasteth…: or, hath and evil eye hasteth to be rich
A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.
He that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Proverbs 28:22
- that hasteth, etc. Heb. that hath an evil eye, hasteth to berich.
- Proverbs 28:20; 1 Timothy 6:9
- an evil
- Proverbs 23:6; Matthew 20:15; Mark 7:22
- and
- Genesis 13:10–13; Genesis 19:17; Job 20:18–22; Job 27:16, 17