Proverbs 28:22
A man with a wicked eye hasteth to riches, and knoweth not, that pouertie shall come vpon him.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 haue respect of persons is not good: for that man will transgresse for a piece of bread.
23He that rebuketh a man, shall finde more fauour at length, then he that flattereth with his tongue.
Cross References
Genesis 19:17And when they had brought them out, the Angel said, Escape for thy life: looke not behinde thee, neither tarie thou in all the plaine: escape into ye mountaine, least thou be destroyed.
Job 27:16Though he shoulde heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay,
Proverbs 28:20A faythfull man shall abound in blessings, and he that maketh haste to be riche, shall not be innocent.
Mark 7:22Theftes, couetousnes, wickednes, deceite, vncleannes, a wicked eye, backbiting, pride, foolishnesse.
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 →