Proverbs 28:22

A Conservative Version

He who has an evil eye hastens after riches, and does not know that want shall come upon him.

Cross References

1 Timothy 6:9

But those who want to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, which sink men in destruction and ruin.

Proverbs 23:6

Eat thou not the bread of an evil eye, nor desire thou his dainties.

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful man shall abound with blessings, but he who makes haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.

Mark 7:22

covetings, wickednesses, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, reviling, pride, foolishness.

Matthew 20:15

Is it not permitted for me to do what I want with my own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

Genesis 19:17

And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life, do not look behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain. Escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

Proverbs 21:5

The thoughts of a diligent man [lead] only to abundance, but everyone who is hasty, only to want.

Proverbs 22:16

He who oppresses a poor man to his increase, [and] he who gives to a rich man, [comes] only to want.