Parallel Verses
NET Bible
The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.
New American Standard Bible
And does not know that want will come upon him.
King James Version
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
Holman Bible
he doesn’t know that poverty will come to him.
International Standard Version
The miser is in a hurry to get wealthy, but he isn't aware that poverty will catch up with him.
A Conservative Version
He who has an evil eye hastens after riches, and does not know that want shall come upon him.
American Standard Version
he that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.
Amplified
He who has an evil and envious eye hurries to be rich
And does not know that poverty will come upon him.
Bible in Basic English
He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.
Darby Translation
He that hath an evil eye hasteth after wealth, and knoweth not that poverty shall come upon him.
Julia Smith Translation
A man of evil eye hasted for riches, and knew not that want shall come upon him.
King James 2000
He that hastens to be rich has an evil eye, and considers not that poverty shall come upon him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He who hurries for wealth is {a man with an evil eye}, but he does not know that poverty will come upon him.
Modern King James verseion
He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye, and does not know that poverty will come upon him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He that will be rich all too soon, hath an evil eye; and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
New Heart English Bible
A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.
The Emphasized Bible
A man, hasting to be rich, hath an evil eye, and knoweth not when want may overtake him.
Webster
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
World English Bible
A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.
Youngs Literal Translation
Troubled for wealth is the man with an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.
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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 28:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
21 To show partiality is terrible, for a person will transgress over the smallest piece of bread. 22 The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him. 23 The one who reproves another will in the end find more favor than the one who flatters with the tongue.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 23:6
Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;
Proverbs 28:20
A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.
1 Timothy 6:9
Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
Genesis 13:10-13
Lot looked up and saw the whole region of the Jordan. He noticed that all of it was well-watered (before the Lord obliterated Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, all the way to Zoar.
Genesis 19:17
When they had brought them outside, they said, "Run for your lives! Don't look behind you or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains or you will be destroyed!"
Job 20:18-22
He gives back the ill-gotten gain without assimilating it; he will not enjoy the wealth from his commerce.
Job 27:16-17
If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay,
Matthew 20:15
Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?'
Mark 7:22
adultery, greed, evil, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, and folly.