Proverbs 28:22

New King James Version

A man with an evil eye hastens after riches, And does not consider that poverty will come upon him.

Cross References

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 destruction and perdition.

Proverbs 23:6

Do not eat the bread of a miser, 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.

Mark 7:22

thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.

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?’

Genesis 19:17

So it came to pass, 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 destroyed.”

Proverbs 21:5

The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty, But those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty.

Proverbs 22:16

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