Proverbs 28:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

he that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נִֽבֳהָֽ‪[m]‬ל לַה֗וֹן אִ֭ישׁ רַ֣ע עָ֑יִן וְלֹֽא־יֵ֝דַע כִּי־חֶ֥סֶר יְבֹאֶֽנּוּ׃

Transliteration

niḇŏhāl lahôn 'îš ra' 'āyin wəlō'-yēḏa' kî-ḥeser yəḇō'ennû

Grammar Details

*niḇŏhāl*: Niphal participle, masculine singular - hastening/being anxious
*lahôn*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - for wealth
*'îš*: noun, masculine singular - man
*ra'*: adjective, masculine singular construct - evil of
*'āyin*: noun, feminine singular - eye
*wəlō'*-*yēḏa'*: conjunction + negative particle + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and does not know
*kî*-*ḥeser*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - that poverty
*yəḇō'ennû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - will come upon him

Word Meanings

*niḇŏhāl*: hastening/anxious/troubled
*hôn*: wealth/riches/substance
*'îš*: man/person
*ra'* *'āyin*: evil of eye/having evil eye/envious
*yēḏa'*: knows/understands/perceives
*ḥeser*: poverty/want/lack
*yəḇō'ennû*: will come upon him/will overtake him

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Referenced Verses

Prov 23:6 : 6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties:
Prov 28:20 : 20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings; But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.
1 Tim 6:9 : 9 But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.
Matt 20:15 : 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Mark 7:22 : 22 covetings, wickednesses, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, railing, pride, foolishness:
Gen 13:10-13 : 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar. 11 So Lot chose him all the Plain of the Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. 12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom. 13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against Jehovah exceedingly.
Gen 19:17 : 17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the Plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Job 20:18-22 : 18 That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice. 19 For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up. 20 Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth. 21 There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure. 22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.
Job 27:16-17 : 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay; 17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.

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