Revised Version 1895
Proverbs 28:22
22He that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, and knoweth not that want shall 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 man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished. 21To have respect of persons is not good: neither that a man should transgress for a piece of bread. He that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, and knoweth not that want shall come upon him. 23He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue. 24Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of 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
Cross-references for Proverbs 28:22
- Proverbs 28:20A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.
- 1 Timothy 6:9But they that desire to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.
- Proverbs 23:6Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties:
- Matthew 20:15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good?
- Mark 7:22covetings, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness:
- Genesis 13:10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the Plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar.
- Genesis 19:17And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
- Job 20:18That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; according to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.
- Job 27:16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment 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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