As 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! ’
Proverbs 28:22 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised A greedy one is in a hurry for wealth; he doesn’t know that poverty will come to him. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, And considereth not that poverty shall come upon him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who has an evil and covetous eye hastens to be rich and knows not that want will come upon him. [Prov. 21:5; 28:20.] American Standard Version (1901) He that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him. Common English Bible The stingy try to get rich fast, unaware that loss will come to them. Catholic Public Domain Version A man who hurries to become rich, and who envies others, does not know that destitution will overwhelm him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A man, that maketh haste to be rich, and envieth others, is ignorant that poverty shall come upon him. |
As 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! ’
The plans of the diligent certainly lead to profit, but anyone who is reckless certainly becomes poor.
Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself, and giving to the rich #– #both lead only to poverty.
Don’t eat a stingy person’s bread, , and don’t desire his delicacies,
A faithful person will have many blessings, but one in a hurry to get rich will not go unpunished.
Don’t I have the right to do what I want with what is mine? Are you jealous because I’m generous? ” ,
adulteries, greed, evil actions, deceit, self-indulgence, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.
But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.