Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 28:22
22A stingy man chases after riches, but does not know that poverty will overtake 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 will have many blessings, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished. 21To show partiality is not good— yet for a piece of bread a man may do wrong. A stingy man chases after riches, but does not know that poverty will overtake him. 23One who rebukes a man will in the end find more favor than one with a flattering tongue. 24Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says, “It’s not a crime,” is a partner to him 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 28:22
- Proverbs 28:20A faithful man will have many blessings, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.
- 1 Timothy 6:9But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a trap and many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.
- Proverbs 23:6Do not eat the food of a stingy person, or desire his delicacies.
- Matthew 20:15Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’
- Mark 7:22adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, lustfulness, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.
- Genesis 13:10Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the whole area surrounding the Jordan was well watered in its entirety (before Adonai destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah)—like Adonai’s garden, like the land of Egypt—till you come to Zoar.
- Genesis 19:17When they brought them outside, one said, “Flee for your life! Do not look behind you, and do not stop anywhere in the surrounding area! Escape to the hills, or else you’ll be swept away!”
- Job 20:18He gives back what he toiled for without swallowing it; he will not enjoy the riches of his trade.
- Job 27:16Though he piles up silver like dust, and clothing like heaps of mortar,
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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