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


In Context

19 Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied with bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled with poverty.

20 A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.

21 To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.

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

23 Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.

24 Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, 'It is not transgression,' A companion he is to 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 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 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.