Proverbs 28:22 “A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty await…”

Proverbs 28:22

A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

World English Bible

A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.

American Standard Version

He that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.

Geneva Bible 1599

A man with a wicked eye hasteth to riches, and knoweth not, that pouertie shall come vpon him.

Darby Translation

He that hath an evil eye hasteth after wealth, and knoweth not that poverty shall come upon him.

Young's Literal Translation

Troubled for wealth [is] the man [with] an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.

Bible in Basic English

He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.

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Cross references

“that hasteth, etc”

1 Timothy 6:9 Proverbs 28:20

1 Timothy 6:9 · BSB

Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.

Proverbs 28:20 · BSB

A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

“an evil”

Proverbs 23:6 Matthew 20:15 Mark 7:22

Proverbs 23:6 · BSB

Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;

Matthew 20:15 · BSB

Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

Mark 7:22 · BSB

greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.

“and”

Genesis 13:10–13 Genesis 19:17 Job 20:18–22 Job 27:16 Job 27:17

Genesis 13:10–13 · BSB

And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

Genesis 19:17 · BSB

As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

Job 20:18–22 · BSB

He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.

Job 27:16 · BSB

Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,

Job 27:17 · BSB

what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

23He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.

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