Proverbs 28:22
20 A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one 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.
A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
23 He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.
24 He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
- KJV
- He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
- WEB
- A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.
- ASV
- he that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.
- DARBY
- He that hath an evil eye hasteth after wealth, and knoweth not that poverty shall come upon him.
- BLB
- A man of an evil eye is panicked for wealth, and he does not know that poverty will come upon him.
- ÅB
- Den misunnelige haster engstelig etter gods og vet ikke at mangel skal komme over ham.
- OTB
- Den gjerrige skynder seg etter rikdom og innser ikke at fattigdom venter dem.
- B1930
- Den misunnelige haster engstelig efter gods og vet ikke at mangel skal komme over ham.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 23:6
Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
Read in context1 Timothy 6:9
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
Read in contextProverbs 28:20
A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
Read in contextMatthew 20:15
Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
Read in contextJob 27:16–17
Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
Read in contextJob 20:18–22
He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
Read in contextGenesis 19:17
As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
Read in contextMark 7:22
greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.
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