Proverbs 28:22
נִֽבֳהָל לַהוֹן אִישׁ רַע עָיִן וְלֹֽא ־ יֵדַע כִּי ־ חֶסֶר יְבֹאֶֽנּוּ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
21הַֽכֵּר ־ פָּנִים לֹא ־ טוֹב וְעַל ־ פַּת ־ לֶחֶם יִפְשַׁע ־ גָּֽבֶר ׃
23מוֹכִיחַ אָדָם אַחֲרַי חֵן יִמְצָא מִֽמַּחֲלִיק לָשֽׁוֹן ׃
Cross References
Genesis 19:17וַיְהִי כְהוֹצִיאָם אֹתָם הַחוּצָה וַיֹּאמֶר הִמָּלֵט עַל ־ נַפְשֶׁךָ אַל ־ תַּבִּיט אַחֲרֶיךָ וְאַֽל ־ תַּעֲמֹד בְּכָל ־ הַכִּכָּר הָהָרָה הִמָּלֵט פֶּן ־ תִּסָּפֶֽה ׃
Job 27:16אִם ־ יִצְבֹּר כֶּעָפָר כָּסֶף וְכַחֹמֶר יָכִין מַלְבּֽוּשׁ ׃
Proverbs 28:20אִישׁ אֱמוּנוֹת רַב ־ בְּרָכוֹת וְאָץ לְהַעֲשִׁיר לֹא יִנָּקֶֽה ׃
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 →