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 person will have many blessings, but one in a hurry to get rich will not go unpunished. 21It is not good to show partiality — yet even a courageous person may sin for a piece of bread. A greedy one is in a hurry for wealth; he doesn’t know that poverty will come to him. 23One who rebukes a person will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue. 24The one who robs his father or mother and says, “That’s no sin,” is a companion to a person who destroys.

Proverbs 28:22 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Heאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• that hastethבָּהַלbâhal · to dismayH926
• to be richהוֹןhôn · substanceH1952
• an evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• eyeעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: appearanceH5869
• and considerethיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• not that povertyחֶ֫סֶרcheser · povertyH2639
• shall comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935

Cross-references for Proverbs 28:22

• Proverbs 28:20A faithful person will have many blessings, but one in a hurry to get rich will not go unpunished.
• 1 Timothy 6:9But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.
• Proverbs 23:6Don’t eat a stingy person’s bread, and don’t desire his choice food,
• Matthew 20:15Don’t I have the right to do what I want with what is mine? Are you jealous because I’m generous?’
• Mark 7:22adulteries, greed, evil actions, deceit, self-indulgence, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.
• Genesis 13:10Lot looked out and saw that the entire plain of the Jordan as far as Zoar was well watered everywhere like the Lord’s garden and the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
• Genesis 19:17As soon as the angels got them outside, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Don’t look back and don’t stop anywhere on the plain! Run to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
• Job 20:18He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he doesn’t enjoy the profits from his trading.
• Job 27:16Though he piles up silver like dust and heaps up fine clothing 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