Proverbs 28:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye and does not consider that poverty shall come upon him.

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  • Prov 23:6 : 6 Do not eat the bread of him who has an evil eye, nor desire his delicacies:
  • Prov 28:20 : 20 A faithful person shall abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich shall not be innocent.
  • 1 Tim 6:9 : 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
  • Matt 20:15 : 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? Is your eye evil, because I am good?
  • Mark 7:22 : 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
  • Gen 13:10-13 : 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as you come to Zoar. 11 Then Lot chose for himself all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated from each other. 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. 13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
  • Gen 19:17 : 17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them out, that he said, Escape for your life; do not look behind you, nor stay anywhere in the plain; escape to the mountains, lest you be consumed.
  • Job 20:18-22 : 18 That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; according to his wealth shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice in it. 19 Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away a house he did not build; 20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save anything of what he desired. 21 None of his food shall be left; therefore no one shall look for his goods. 22 In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in distress; every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
  • Job 27:16-17 : 16 Though he heaps up silver as the dust, and prepares clothing as the clay; 17 He may prepare it, but the just shall wear it, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 28:19-21
    3 verses
    83%

    19He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows vain persons shall have poverty enough.

    20A faithful person shall abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich shall not be innocent.

    21To show partiality is not good; for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

  • Prov 28:27
    81%

    27He who gives to the poor shall not lack, but he who hides his eyes will have many curses.

  • Prov 22:16
    80%

    16He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  • Prov 23:4-6
    3 verses
    80%

    4Do not labor to be rich; cease from your own wisdom.

    5Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

    6Do not eat the bread of him who has an evil eye, nor desire his delicacies:

  • Prov 28:8
    78%

    8He who by usury and unjust gain increases his wealth gathers it for one who will pity the poor.

  • Prov 13:7-8
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    7There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; there is one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

    8The ransom of a man's life are his riches, but the poor hears not rebuke.

  • Prov 22:9
    78%

    9He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
    77%

    9But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

  • Luke 12:21
    77%

    21So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

  • Prov 21:5
    76%

    5The thoughts of the diligent lead only to abundance, but everyone who is hasty, only to poverty.

  • Prov 28:11
    76%

    11The rich man is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding searches him out.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners to their hurt.

    14But those riches perish through misfortune, and he begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

  • Prov 11:27-28
    2 verses
    75%

    27He who diligently seeks good procures favor, but he who seeks evil, it shall come to him.

    28He who trusts in his riches shall fall, but the righteous shall flourish like a branch.

  • Prov 21:17
    75%

    17He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

  • Prov 20:21
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    21An inheritance may be gained hastily at the beginning, but its end shall not be blessed.

  • Prov 21:26
    74%

    26He covets greedily all day long, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

  • Prov 28:6
    74%

    6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

  • Hab 2:9
    74%

    9Woe to him who covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

  • Prov 10:4
    74%

    4He becomes poor who deals with a slack hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

  • Prov 13:11
    73%

    11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall increase.

  • Eccl 5:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with increase; this also is vanity.

    11When goods increase, they who eat them increase, and what good is there to the owners, except the beholding of them with their eyes?

  • Prov 6:11
    73%

    11So shall your poverty come upon you like a traveler, and your need like an armed man.

  • Ps 62:10
    73%

    10Trust not in oppression, and do not become vain in robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

  • Prov 15:27
    73%

    27He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

  • Prov 1:19
    73%

    19So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its owners.

  • Prov 11:24
    73%

    24There is one who scatters, and yet increases; and there is one who withholds more than is right, and it leads to poverty.

  • Jer 17:11
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    11As the partridge sits on eggs, and hatches them not; so he that gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

  • Eccl 6:2
    72%

    2A man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wants nothing for his soul of all he desires, yet God does not give him the power to eat of it, but a stranger eats it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

  • Job 27:19
    72%

    19The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered; he opens his eyes, and he is no more.

  • Prov 20:13
    72%

    13Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

  • Prov 28:16
    72%

    16The prince who lacks understanding is also a great oppressor, but he who hates covetousness shall prolong his days.

  • Prov 10:15
    72%

    15The rich man's wealth is his strong city, the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

  • Prov 14:20
    72%

    20The poor is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich have many friends.

  • Prov 24:34
    72%

    34So shall your poverty come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.

  • Prov 22:3
    72%

    3A prudent man foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.

  • Prov 21:13
    71%

    13Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

  • Prov 17:5
    71%

    5Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he who is glad at calamity shall not go unpunished.

  • Prov 19:4
    71%

    4Wealth makes many friends, but the poor is separated from his neighbor.

  • Prov 19:17
    71%

    17He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, and that which he has given will He pay him again.

  • Ps 52:7
    71%

    7Look, this is the man that did not make God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

  • Prov 13:18
    71%

    18Poverty and shame shall be to him who refuses instruction, but he who regards reproof shall be honored.

  • Prov 29:7
    71%

    7The righteous consider the cause of the poor; but the wicked do not understand to know it.