Proverbs 28:22
He that is eager for wealth is a man of an evil eye, and he knoweth not that want will come upon him.
Leeser Tanakh
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 to persons is not good; because even for a piece of bread will a man transgress.
Cross References
Genesis 19:17And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life, look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Job 27:16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare garments [as plentifully] as the clay:
Proverbs 28:20A faithful man will abound with blessings; but he that maketh haste to be rich will not go 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 →