22A stingy man is eager to get rich and is unaware that poverty awaits him.


In Context

19 He who works his land will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

20 A faithful man will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.

21 To show partiality is not good- yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

22 A stingy man is eager to get rich and is unaware that poverty awaits him.

23 He who rebukes a man will in the end gain more favor than he who has a flattering tongue.

24 He who robs his father or mother and says, "It's not wrong"- he is partner to him who destroys.

Proverbs 28:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:22He that hasteth to be rich [hath] an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

28:22A man, that maketh haste to be rich, and envieth others, is ignorant that poverty shall come upon him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

28:22he that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:22He that hath an evil eye hasteth after wealth, and knoweth not that poverty shall come upon him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

28:22He that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, and knoweth not that want shall come upon him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:22He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:22A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

28:22Troubled for wealth is the man with an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:22He that hastens to be rich has an evil eye, and considers not that poverty shall come on him.