When they had brought them outside, they said, “Flee for your life; do not look back or stop anywhere in the Plain; flee to the hills, or else you will be consumed.”
Proverbs 28:22 - New Revised Standard Version The miser is in a hurry to get rich and does not know that loss is sure to come. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, And considereth not that poverty shall come upon him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who has an evil and covetous eye hastens to be rich and knows not that want will come upon him. [Prov. 21:5; 28:20.] American Standard Version (1901) He that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him. Common English Bible The stingy try to get rich fast, unaware that loss will come to them. Catholic Public Domain Version A man who hurries to become rich, and who envies others, does not know that destitution will overwhelm him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A man, that maketh haste to be rich, and envieth others, is ignorant that poverty shall come upon him. |
When they had brought them outside, they said, “Flee for your life; do not look back or stop anywhere in the Plain; flee to the hills, or else you will be consumed.”
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to want.
Oppressing the poor in order to enrich oneself, and giving to the rich, will lead only to loss.
The faithful will abound with blessings, but one who is in a hurry to be rich will not go unpunished.
Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, folly.
But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.