New King James Version
Proverbs 28:22
22A man with an evil eye hastens after riches, And does not consider 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 Living Translation (NLT)Greedy people try to get rich quick but don’t realize they’re headed for poverty.
Context of Proverbs 28:22
20A faithful man will abound with blessings, But he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished. 21To show partiality is not good, Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress. A man with an evil eye hastens after riches, And does not consider that poverty will come upon him. 23He who rebukes a man will find more favor afterward Than he who flatters with the tongue. 24Whoever robs his father or his mother, And says, “It is no transgression,” The same is companion to a destroyer.
Read all of Proverbs 28Proverbs 28:22 word by word
נִֽבֳהָ֥ל לַה֗וֹן אִ֭ישׁ רַ֣ע עָ֑יִן וְלֹֽא־יֵ֝דַע כִּי־חֶ֥סֶר יְבֹאֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 28:22
- Proverbs 28:20A faithful man will abound with blessings, But he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.
- 1 Timothy 6:9But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.
- Proverbs 23:6Do not eat the bread of a miser, Nor desire his delicacies;
- Matthew 20:15Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’
- Mark 7:22thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.
- Genesis 13:10And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you go toward Zoar.
- Genesis 19:17So it came to pass, when they had brought them outside, that he said, “Escape for your life! Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be destroyed.”
- Job 20:18He will restore that for which he labored, And will not swallow it down; From the proceeds of business He will get no enjoyment.
- Job 27:16Though he heaps up silver like dust, And piles up 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
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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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