Proverbs 28:22
He who has an evil eye hastens after riches, and does not know that want shall come upon him.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
In Context
21To have respect of persons is not good, nor that a man should transgress for a piece of bread.
23He who rebukes a man shall afterward find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.
Cross References
Genesis 19:17And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life, do not look behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain. Escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Job 27:16Though he heaps up silver as the dust, and prepares raiment as the clay,
Proverbs 28:20A faithful man shall abound with blessings, but he who makes haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.
Mark 7:22covetings, wickednesses, deceit, licentiousness, an evil eye, reviling, pride, foolishness.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:22
21 To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress. Note, 1. It is a fundamental error in the administration of justice, and that which cannot but lead men to abundance of transgression, to consider the parties concerned more than the merits of the cause, so as to favour one because he is a gentleman, a scholar, my countryman, my old acquaintance, has formerly done me a kindness, or may do me one, or is of my party and persuasion, and to bear hard on the other party… Read the whole commentary →