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Proverbs 28:22

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Original language & word study

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
נִֽבֳהָ֥לni.vo.Hal[is] hasteningH926 →
לַה֗וֹןla.Honto <the> wealthH1952 →
אִ֭ישׁ'isha personH376 →
רַ֣עra'evil ofH7451 →
עָ֑יִן'A.yineyeH5869 →
וְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
יֵ֝דַעYe.da'he knowsH3045 →
כִּי־ki-thatH3588 →
חֶ֥סֶרChe.serpovertyH2639 →
יְבֹאֶֽנּוּ׃ye.vo.'E.nuit will come to himH935 →

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Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.Proverbs 21:5The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.Proverbs 23:6Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;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.Proverbs 19:2Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.Proverbs 13:11Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.Proverbs 20:21An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.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?’Job 27:16–17Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,Jeremiah 17:11Like 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.”Job 20:18–22He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.Genesis 13:10–13And 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.)Mark 7:22greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.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!”Joshua 7:21When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”Deuteronomy 15:9Be 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 will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.Proverbs 22:16Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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