Proverbs 28:22

Easy To Read Version

A selfish person only wants to get rich. That person does not realize that he is very close to being poor.

Cross References

Genesis 19:17

So the two men brought Lot and his family out of the city. After they were out, one of the men said, “Now run to save your life! Don’t look back at the city. And don’t stop any place in the valley. Run until you are in the mountains. If you stop, then you will be destroyed with the city!”

Proverbs 21:5

Careful plans can lead to profit. But if you are not careful, and you do things too quickly, then you will become poor.

Proverbs 22:16

These two things will make you poor—hurting poor people to make yourself rich, and giving gifts to rich people.

Proverbs 23:6

Don’t eat with a selfish person. And stay away from the special foods he likes.

Proverbs 28:20

God will bless the person who follows him. But a person who is only trying to get rich will be punished.

Matthew 20:15

I can do what I want with my own money. Are you jealous because I am good \{to those people\}?’

Mark 7:22

adultery, {\cf2\super [88]} greed, doing bad things to people, lying, doing things that are morally wrong, jealousy, saying bad things about people, proud boasting, and foolish living.

1 Timothy 6:9

People who want to become rich bring temptations to themselves. They are caught in a trap. They begin to want many foolish things that will hurt them. Those things ruin and destroy people.