Proverbs 28:22

Bible in Basic English 1965

He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.

Cross References

Genesis 19:17

And when they had put them out, he said, Go for your life, without looking back or waiting in the lowland; go quickly to the mountain or you will come to destruction.

Proverbs 21:5

The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.

Proverbs 22:16

He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

Proverbs 23:6

Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:

Proverbs 28:20

A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.

Matthew 20:15

Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good?

Mark 7:22

All these evil things come from inside, and make the man unclean.

1 Timothy 6:9

But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.