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Proverbs 28:22

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28:22The stingy person61 hastens after riches

and does not know that poverty will overtake him.62

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Footnotes

  1. 61 Heb “a man with an evil eye” (as opposed to the generous man who has a “good” eye). This individual is selfish, unkind, unsympathetic to others. He looks only to his own gain. Cf. “The avaricious man”; “A greedy person.”
  2. 62 The one who is hasty to gain wealth is involved in sin in some way, for which he will be punished by poverty. The idea of “hastening” after riches suggests a dishonest approach to acquiring wealth.

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A greedy one is in a hurry for wealth;

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

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.