Proverbs 28:22

The Scriptures 1998

A man with an evil eye runs after wealth, And does not know that poverty awaits him.

Cross References

Genesis 19:17

And it came to be, 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 consumed.”

Proverbs 21:5

The plans of the hard worker lead only to plenty, But all rash haste only to poverty.

Proverbs 22:16

One oppresses the poor to increase his wealth, Another gives to the rich, only to come to poverty.

Proverbs 23:6

Do not eat the bread of one having an evil eye, Nor desire his delicacies;

Proverbs 28:20

A man of truth has many blessings, But one in a hurry to be rich does not go unpunished.

Matthew 20:15

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

Mark 7:22

thefts, greedy desires, wickednesses, deceit, indecency, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.

1 Timothy 6:9

But those wishing to be rich fall into trial and a snare, and into many foolish and injurious lusts which plunge men in ruin and destruction.