Proverbs 28:22
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
In context
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.
22 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.
Proverbs 28:22 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
- KJV King James Version
- He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
- WEB World English Bible
- A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.
- ASV American Standard Version
- He that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Troubled for wealth [is] the man [with] an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.
- DBY Darby Translation
- He that hath an evil eye hasteth after wealth, and knoweth not that poverty shall come upon him.
- WBS Webster Bible
- He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.