Proverbs 28:22
Troubled for wealth [is] the man [with] an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.
Young's Literal Translation
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 discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.
23Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.
Cross References
Genesis 19:17And it cometh to pass when he hath brought them out without, that he saith, 'Escape for thy life; look not expectingly behind thee, nor stand thou in all the circuit; to the mountain escape, lest thou be consumed.'
Job 27:16If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,
Proverbs 28:20A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.
Mark 7:22thefts, covetous desires, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, an evil eye, evil speaking, 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 →