Proverbs 28:22
The man [with] an evil eye [is] troubled for wealth, || And he does not know that want meets him.
Literal Standard 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
21[It] is not good to discern faces, || And a man transgresses for a piece of bread.
23Whoever is reproving a man finds grace afterward, || More than a flatterer with the tongue.
Cross References
Genesis 19:17And it comes to pass, when he has brought them outside, that he says, “Escape for your life; do not look behind you, nor stand in all the circuit; escape to the mountain, lest you are consumed.”
Job 27:16If he heaps up silver as dust, || And prepares clothing as clay,
Proverbs 28:20A steadfast man has multiplied blessings, || And whoever is hastening to be rich is not acquitted.
Mark 7:22thefts, covetous desires, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, an evil eye, slander, 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 →