Proverbs 28:22 - The Scriptures 2009

²² A man with an evil eye runs after wealth, And does not know that poverty awaits him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, And considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² 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)

²² He that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.

Common English Bible

²² The stingy try to get rich fast, unaware that loss will come to them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² 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

²² A man, that maketh haste to be rich, and envieth others, is ignorant that poverty shall come upon him.

Proverbs 28:22 Cross References

Genesis 19:17

And it came to be, 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 consumed.”

Proverbs 21:5

The plans of the hard worker lead only to plenty, But all rash haste only to poverty.

Proverbs 22:16

One oppresses the poor to increase his wealth, Another gives to the rich, only to come to poverty.

Proverbs 23:6

Do not eat the bread of one having an evil eye, Nor desire his delicacies;

Proverbs 28:20

A man of truth has many blessings, But one in a hurry to be rich does not go unpunished.

Matthew 20:15

Is it not right for me to do what I wish with my own? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’

Mark 7:22

thefts, greedy desires, wickednesses, deceit, indecency, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.

1 Timothy 6:9

But those wishing to be rich fall into trial and a snare, and into many foolish and injurious lusts which plunge men in ruin and destruction.