New American Standard Bible 2020
Proverbs 28:22
22A person with an 1evil eye 2hurries after wealth And does not know that poverty will come upon him.
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 abound with blessings, But one who hurries to be rich will not go unpunished. 21To show partiality is not good, Because for a piece of bread a man will do wrong. A person with an evil eye hurries after wealth And does not know that poverty will come upon him. 23One who rebukes a person will afterward find more favor Than one who flatters with the tongue. 24He who robs his father or his mother And says, “There is no wrong done,” Is the companion of a person who destroys.
Read all of Proverbs 28Proverbs 28:22 word by word
נִֽבֳהָ֥ל לַה֗וֹן אִ֭ישׁ רַ֣ע עָ֑יִן וְלֹֽא־יֵ֝דַע כִּי־חֶ֥סֶר יְבֹאֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 28:22
- Proverbs 28:20A faithful person will abound with blessings, But one who hurries to be rich will not go unpunished.
- 1 Timothy 6:9But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge people into ruin and destruction.
- Proverbs 23:6Do not eat the bread of a selfish person; Or desire his delicacies;
- Matthew 20:15Is it not lawful for me to do what I want with what is my own? Or is your eye envious because I am generous?’
- Mark 7:22deeds of greed, wickedness, deceit, indecent behavior, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.
- Genesis 13:10Lot raised his eyes and saw all the vicinity of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere--this was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah--like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt going toward Zoar.
- Genesis 19:17When they had brought them outside, one said, “Escape for your life! Do not look behind you, and do not stay anywhere in the surrounding area; escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away.”
- Job 20:18He returns the product of his labor And cannot swallow it; As to the riches of his trading, He cannot even enjoy them.
- Job 27:16Though he piles up silver like dust, And prepares garments as plentiful as the 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
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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
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