When they brought them outside, one said, “Flee for your life! Do not look behind you, and do not stop anywhere in the surrounding area! Escape to the hills, or else you’ll be swept away!”
Proverbs 28:22 - Tree of Life Version A stingy man chases after riches, but does not know that poverty will overtake him. 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 brought them outside, one said, “Flee for your life! Do not look behind you, and do not stop anywhere in the surrounding area! Escape to the hills, or else you’ll be swept away!”
Plans of the diligent surely lead to gain, but all who are hasty come only to loss.
The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain, and the one who gives to the rich— both end in poverty.
A faithful man will have many blessings, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.
Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’
adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, lustfulness, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.
But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a trap and many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.