He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
He that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.
Troubled for wealth is the man with an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.
He that hath an evil eye hasteth after wealth, and knoweth not that poverty shall come upon him.
Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
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He that hasteth to be rich,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
The covetous temper leads not only to dishonesty, but to the evil eye of envy; and the temper of grudging, carking care, leads him to poverty.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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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?’
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Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He…
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For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
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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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Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.
But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!
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Proverbs 28:20A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
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Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.
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The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.
Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
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.
Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.
A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.
Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
8 more linked verses are grouped by book below ↓
Every other verse the study tradition links to this one, in the Bible’s own order. The first links in each book carry a line of their text; every reference opens its full verse page.
Genesis2
Deuteronomy2
Proverbs1
Cross-references are drawn from classic Bible study tools and open, shareable Bible data.
