Proverbs 28:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.”
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“A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.”
King James Version · Public Domain“He that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Troubled for wealth <FI>is<Fi> the man <FI>with<Fi> an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 28:22 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 13:10And 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 19:17As 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 20:18He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
- Job 27:16Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
- Proverbs 23:6Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
- Proverbs 28:20A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
- Matthew 20:15Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
- Mark 7:22greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.
- 1 Timothy 6:9Those 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.
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