Proverbs 28:22
An envious man makes haste to be rich, and knows not that the merciful man will have the mastery over him.
Brenton Septuagint
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
23He that reproves a man's ways shall have more favour than he that flatters with the tongue.
Cross References
Genesis 19:17And it came to pass when they brought them out, that they said, Save thine own life by all means; look not round to that which is behind, nor stay in all the country round about, escape to the mountain, lest perhaps thou be overtaken together with them.
Job 27:16Even if he should gather silver as earth, and prepare gold as clay;
Proverbs 28:20A man worthy of credit shall be much blessed: but the wicked shall not be unpunished.
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 →