Proverbs 28:22
A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
Berean Standard Bible
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 show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
23He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.
Cross References
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!”
Job 27:16Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
Proverbs 28:20A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
Mark 7:22greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and 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 →