Proverbs 28:22

A man that maketh haste to be rich, and envieth others, is ignorant that poverty shall come upon him.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

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

21He that hath respect to a person in judgment, doth not well: such a man even for a morsel of bread forsaketh the truth.

23He that rebuketh a man, shall afterward find favour with him, more than he that by a flattering tongue deceiveth him.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:17And they brought him forth, and set him without the city: and there they spoke to him, saying: Save thy life: look not back, neither stay thou in all the country about: but save thy self in the mountain, lest thou be also consumed.

Job 27:16If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,

Proverbs 28:20A faithful man shall be much praised: but he that maketh haste to be rich, shall not be innocent.

Mark 7:22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, 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 →

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