Proverbs 28:22

Modern English Version

He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye, and does not consider that poverty will come upon him.

Cross References

Genesis 19:17

When they had brought them out, one of them said to them, “Escape for your lives! Do not look behind you or stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountain, lest you be destroyed.”

Proverbs 21:5

The plans of the diligent lead surely to profit, but of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty.

Proverbs 22:16

He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth, and he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.

Proverbs 23:6

Eat not the bread of him who has an evil eye, nor desire his delicacies,

Proverbs 28:20

A faithful man will abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.

Matthew 20:15

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

Mark 7:22

theft, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, an envious eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.

1 Timothy 6:9

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