Proverbs 28:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 23:6 : 6 Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:
  • Prov 28:20 : 20 A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.
  • 1 Tim 6:9 : 9 But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.
  • Matt 20:15 : 15 Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good?
  • Mark 7:22 : 22 The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts:
  • Gen 13:10-13 : 10 And Lot, lifting up his eyes and looking an the valley of Jordan, saw that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord had sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah; it was like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, on the way to Zoar. 11 So Lot took for himself all the valley of Jordan, and went to the east, and they were parted from one another. 12 Abram went on living in the land of Canaan, and Lot went to the lowland towns, moving his tent as far as Sodom. 13 Now the men of Sodom were evil, and great sinners before the Lord.
  • Gen 19:17 : 17 And when they had put them out, he said, Go for your life, without looking back or waiting in the lowland; go quickly to the mountain or you will come to destruction.
  • Job 20:18-22 : 18 He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading. 19 Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up; 20 There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight. 21 He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end. 22 Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.
  • Job 27:16-17 : 16 Though he may get silver together like dust, and make ready great stores of clothing; 17 He may get them ready, but the upright will put them on, and he who is free from sin will take the silver for a heritage.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 28:19-21
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    83%

    19 By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough.

    20 A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.

    21 It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.

  • Prov 28:27
    81%

    27 He who gives to the poor will never be in need, but great curses will be on him who gives no attention to them.

  • Prov 22:16
    80%

    16 He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

  • Prov 23:4-6
    3 verses
    80%

    4 Take no care to get wealth; let there be an end to your desire for money.

    5 Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.

    6 Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:

  • Prov 28:8
    78%

    8 He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.

  • Prov 13:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7 A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.

    8 A man will give his wealth in exchange for his life; but the poor will not give ear to sharp words.

  • Prov 22:9
    78%

    9 He who is kind will have a blessing, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
    77%

    9 But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.

  • Luke 12:21
    77%

    21 So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.

  • Prov 21:5
    76%

    5 The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.

  • Prov 28:11
    76%

    11 The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13 And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand.

    14 As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.

  • Prov 11:27-28
    2 verses
    75%

    27 He who, with all his heart, goes after what is good is searching for grace; but he who is looking for trouble will get it.

    28 He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

  • Prov 21:17
    75%

    17 The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.

  • Prov 20:21
    75%

    21 A heritage may be got quickly at first, but the end of it will not be a blessing.

  • Prov 21:26
    74%

    26 All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.

  • Prov 28:6
    74%

    6 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.

  • Hab 2:9
    74%

    9 A curse on him who gets evil profits for his family, so that he may put his resting-place on high and be safe from the hand of the wrongdoer!

  • Prov 10:4
    74%

    4 He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.

  • Prov 13:11
    73%

    11 Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.

  • Eccl 5:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10 When goods are increased, the number of those who take of them is increased; and what profit has the owner but to see them?

    11 The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.

  • Prov 6:11
    73%

    11 Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man

  • Ps 62:10
    73%

    10 Have no faith in the rewards of evil-doing, or in profits wrongly made: if your wealth is increased, do not put your hopes on it.

  • Prov 15:27
    73%

    27 He whose desires are fixed on profit is a cause of trouble to his family; but he who has no desire for offerings will have life.

  • Prov 1:19
    73%

    19 Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.

  • Prov 11:24
    73%

    24 A man may give freely, and still his wealth will be increased; and another may keep back more than is right, but only comes to be in need.

  • Jer 17:11
    73%

    11 Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish.

  • Eccl 6:2
    72%

    2 A man to whom God gives money, wealth, and honour so that he has all his desires but God does not give him the power to have joy of it, and a strange man takes it. This is to no purpose and an evil disease.

  • Job 27:19
    72%

    19 He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.

  • Prov 20:13
    72%

    13 Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.

  • Prov 28:16
    72%

    16 The prince who has no sense is a cruel ruler; but he who has no desire to get profit for himself will have long life.

  • Prov 10:15
    72%

    15 The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.

  • Prov 14:20
    72%

    20 The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.

  • Prov 24:34
    72%

    34 So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.

  • Prov 22:3
    72%

    3 The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

  • Prov 21:13
    71%

    13 He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.

  • Prov 17:5
    71%

    5 Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment.

  • Prov 19:4
    71%

    4 Wealth makes a great number of friends; but the poor man is parted from his friend.

  • Prov 19:17
    71%

    17 He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

  • Ps 52:7
    71%

    7 See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself strong in his wealth.

  • Prov 13:18
    71%

    18 Need and shame will be the fate of him who is uncontrolled by training; but he who takes note of teaching will be honoured.

  • Prov 29:7
    71%

    7 The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.