Proverbs 28:22 · KJV
“He that hasteth to be rich {hath} an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him. {hasteth...: or, hath an evil eye hasteth to be rich}”
— Proverbs 28:22
To have respect of persons {is} not good: for for a piece of bread {that} man will transgress.
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Proverbs 28 — Context
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. {innocent: or, unpunished}
21To have respect of persons {is} not good: for for a piece of bread {that} man will transgress.
22He that hasteth to be rich {hath} an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him. {hasteth...: or, hath an evil eye hasteth to be rich}
23He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
24Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, {It is} no transgression; the same {is} the companion of a destroyer. {a destroyer: Heb. a man destroying}
Cross References
1 Timothy 6:9
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and {into} many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
Proverbs 23:6
Eat thou not the bread of {him that hath} an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
Proverbs 28:20
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. {innocent: or, unpunished}
Matthew 20:15
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Job 27:16-17
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
Job 20:18-22
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow {it} down: according to {his} substance {shall} the restitution {be}, and he shall not rejoice {therein}. {his...: Heb. the substance of his exchange}
Genesis 13:10-13
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it {was} well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, {even} as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Mark 7:22
All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.