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


In Context

19 One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

20 A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be 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 hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.

23 One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters with the tongue.

24 Whoever robs his father or his mother, and says, |It's not wrong.| He is a partner with a destroyer.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

28:22A stingy man is eager to get rich and is unaware that poverty awaits 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 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.