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Proverbs 28:22

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22A greedy oneA is in a hurry for wealth;

he doesn’t know that poverty will come to him.h

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Footnotes

  1. A A man with an evil eye

Cross references

  1. hPr 13:11; 20:21; 21:5; 22:16

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

A stingy man hastens after wealth

and does not know that poverty will come upon him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The stingy are eager to get rich

and are unaware that poverty awaits them.

NLTNew Living Translation

Greedy people try to get rich quick

but don’t realize they’re headed for poverty.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He who hurries for wealth is a man with an evil eye,

but he does not know that poverty will come upon him.

KJV 1900King James Version

He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye,

And considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.