Proverbs 28:22

Proverbs 28:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
• New International Version (NIV)The stingy are eager to get rich and are unaware that poverty awaits them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty will come upon him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)A man with an evil eye hastens after riches, And does not consider that poverty will come upon him.

Context of Proverbs 28:22

20A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished. 21To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread. A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him. 23He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue. 24He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.

Proverbs 28:22 word by word

נִֽבֳהָ֥ל לַה֗וֹן אִ֭ישׁ רַ֣ע עָ֑יִן וְלֹֽא־יֵ֝דַע כִּי־חֶ֥סֶר יְבֹאֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear

• A stingyרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• A stingyעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: appearanceH5869
• manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• hastensבָּהַלbâhal · to dismayH926
• after wealthהוֹןhôn · substanceH1952
• and does notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• thatכִּיkîy · forH3588
• povertyחֶ֫סֶרcheser · povertyH2639
• awaits himבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935

Cross-references for Proverbs 28:22

• Proverbs 28:20A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
• 1 Timothy 6:9Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
• Proverbs 23:6Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
• Matthew 20:15Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
• Mark 7:22greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.
• Genesis 13:10And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
• Genesis 19:17As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
• Job 20:18He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
• Job 27:16Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,

Commentaries on Proverbs 28:22

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22The covetous temper leads not only to dishonesty, but to the “evil eye” of envy; and the temper of grudging, carking care, leads him to poverty.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22Verse 22 He that hastens to be rich, never seriously thinks how quickly God may take his wealth from him, and leave him in poverty.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. (Compare Pr 28:20). evil eye--in the general sense of Pr 23:6, here more specific for covetousness (compare Pr 22:9; Mt 20:15). poverty ... him--by God's providence.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 28:22

• Riches

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Commentaries on Proverbs 28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings