Proverbs 28:22

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The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 23:6 : 6 Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;
  • Prov 28:20 : 20 A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.
  • 1 Tim 6:9 : 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.
  • Matt 20:15 : 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 : 22 adultery, greed, evil, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, and folly.
  • Gen 13:10-13 : 10 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. 11 Lot chose for himself the whole region of the Jordan and traveled toward the east. So the relatives separated from each other. 12 Abram settled in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled among the cities of the Jordan plain and pitched his tents next to Sodom. 13 (Now the people of Sodom were extremely wicked rebels against the LORD.)
  • Gen 19:17 : 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 : 18 He gives back the ill-gotten gain without assimilating it; he will not enjoy the wealth from his commerce. 19 For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; he has seized a house which he did not build. 20 For he knows no satisfaction in his appetite; he does not let anything he desires escape. 21 “Nothing is left for him to devour; that is why his prosperity does not last. 22 In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress overtakes him. The full force of misery will come upon him.
  • Job 27:16-17 : 16 If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay, 17 what he stores up a righteous man will wear, and an innocent man will inherit his silver.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 28:19-21
    3 verses
    83%

    19The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.

    20A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.

    21To show partiality is terrible, for a person will transgress over the smallest piece of bread.

  • Prov 28:27
    81%

    27The one who gives to the poor will not lack, but whoever shuts his eyes to them will receive many curses.

  • Prov 22:16
    80%

    16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

  • Prov 23:4-6
    3 verses
    80%

    4Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.

    5When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!

    6Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;

  • Prov 28:8
    78%

    8The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.

  • Prov 13:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth.

    8The ransom of a person’s life is his wealth, thus the poor person has never heard a threat.

  • Prov 22:9
    78%

    9A generous person will be blessed, for he has given some of his food to the poor.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
    77%

    9Those 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.

  • Luke 12:21
    77%

    21So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”

  • Prov 21:5
    76%

    5The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

  • Prov 28:11
    76%

    11A rich person is wise in his own opinion, but a discerning poor person can evaluate him properly.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13Materialism Thwarts Enjoyment of Life Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

    14Then that wealth was lost through bad luck; although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him.

  • Prov 11:27-28
    2 verses
    75%

    27The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil– it will come to him.

    28The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

  • Prov 21:17
    75%

    17The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.

  • Prov 20:21
    75%

    21An inheritance gained easily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.

  • Prov 21:26
    74%

    26All day long he has craved greedily, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

  • Prov 28:6
    74%

    6A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.

  • Hab 2:9
    74%

    9The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster.

  • Prov 10:4
    74%

    4The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.

  • Prov 13:11
    73%

    11Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.

  • Eccl 5:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10Covetousness The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile.

    11When someone’s prosperity increases, those who consume it also increase; so what does its owner gain, except that he gets to see it with his eyes?

  • Prov 6:11
    73%

    11and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.

  • Ps 62:10
    73%

    10Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression! Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery! If wealth increases, do not become attached to it!

  • Prov 15:27
    73%

    27The one who is greedy for gain troubles his household, but whoever hates bribes will live.

  • Prov 1:19
    73%

    19Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it!

  • Prov 11:24
    73%

    24One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.

  • Jer 17:11
    73%

    11The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool.”

  • Eccl 6:2
    72%

    2God gives a man riches, property, and wealth so that he lacks nothing that his heart desires, yet God does not enable him to enjoy the fruit of his labor– instead, someone else enjoys it! This is fruitless and a grave misfortune.

  • Job 27:19
    72%

    19He goes to bed wealthy, but will do so no more. When he opens his eyes, it is all gone.

  • Prov 20:13
    72%

    13Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.

  • Prov 28:16
    72%

    16The prince who is a great oppressor lacks wisdom, but the one who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.

  • Prov 10:15
    72%

    15The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty.

  • Prov 14:20
    72%

    20A poor person will be disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many.

  • Prov 24:34
    72%

    34and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber.”

  • Prov 22:3
    72%

    3A shrewd person saw danger and hid himself, but the naive passed on by and paid for it.

  • Prov 21:13
    71%

    13The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.

  • Prov 17:5
    71%

    5The one who mocks the poor has insulted his Creator; whoever rejoices over disaster will not go unpunished.

  • Prov 19:4
    71%

    4Wealth adds many friends, but a poor person is separated from his friend.

  • Prov 19:17
    71%

    17The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and the LORD will repay him for his good deed.

  • Ps 52:7
    71%

    7“Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”

  • Prov 13:18
    71%

    18The one who neglects discipline ends up in poverty and shame, but the one who accepts reproof is honored.

  • Prov 29:7
    71%

    7The righteous person cares for the legal rights of the poor; the wicked does not understand such knowledge.