Proverbs 28:22
Troubled for wealth `is' the man `with' an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 23:6 : 6 Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,
- Prov 28:20 : 20 A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.
- 1 Tim 6:9 : 9 and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction,
- Matt 20:15 : 15 is it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own? is thine eye evil because I am good?
- Mark 7:22 : 22 thefts, covetous desires, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, an evil eye, evil speaking, pride, foolishness;
- Gen 13:10-13 : 10 And Lot lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the whole circuit of the Jordan that it `is' all a watered country (before Jehovah's destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, as Jehovah's garden, as the land of Egypt,) in thy coming toward Zoar, 11 and Lot chooseth for himself the whole circuit of the Jordan; and Lot journeyeth from the east, and they are parted -- a man from his companion; 12 Abram hath dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot hath dwelt in the cities of the circuit, and tenteth unto Sodom; 13 and the men of Sodom `are' evil, and sinners before Jehovah exceedingly.
- Gen 19:17 : 17 And it cometh to pass when he hath brought them out without, that he saith, `Escape for thy life; look not expectingly behind thee, nor stand thou in all the circuit; to the mountain escape, lest thou be consumed.'
- Job 20:18-22 : 18 He is giving back `what' he laboured for, And doth not consume `it'; As a bulwark `is' his exchange, and he exults not. 19 For he oppressed -- he forsook the poor, A house he hath taken violently away, And he doth not build it. 20 For he hath not known ease in his belly. With his desirable thing he delivereth not himself. 21 There is not a remnant to his food, Therefore his good doth not stay. 22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he is straitened. Every perverse hand doth meet him.
- Job 27:16-17 : 16 If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing, 17 He prepareth -- and the righteous putteth `it' on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion.
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
- Prov 28:19-213 verses83%
19Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied `with' bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled `with' poverty.
20A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.
21To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.
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27Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.
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16He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.
- Prov 23:4-63 verses80%
4Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.
5For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens.
6Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,
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8Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.
- Prov 13:7-82 verses78%
7There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth `is' abundant.
8The ransom of a man's life `are' his riches, And the poor hath not heard rebuke.
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9The good of eye -- he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.
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9and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction,
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21so `is' he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'
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5The purposes of the diligent `are' only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.
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11A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.
- Eccl 5:13-142 verses75%
13There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.
14And that wealth hath been lost in an evil business, and he hath begotten a son and there is nothing in his hand!
- Prov 11:27-282 verses75%
27Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil -- it meeteth him.
28Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.
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17Whoso `is' loving mirth `is' a poor man, Whoso is loving wine and oil maketh no wealth.
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21An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.
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26All the day desiring he hath desired, And the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.
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6Better `is' the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.
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9Wo `to' him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest, To be delivered from the hand of evil,
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4Poor `is' he who is working -- a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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11Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.
- Eccl 5:10-112 verses73%
10Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied `with' silver, nor he who is in love with stores `with' increase. Even this `is' vanity.
11In the multiplying of good have its consumers been multiplied, and what benefit `is' to its possessor except the sight of his eyes?
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11And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.
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10Trust not in oppression, And in robbery become not vain, Wealth -- when it increaseth -- set not the heart.
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27A dishonest gainer is troubling his house, And whoso is hating gifts liveth.
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19So `are' the paths of every gainer of dishonest gain, The life of its owners it taketh.
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24There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.
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11A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, `Is' one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he doth forsake it, And in his latter end -- he is a fool.
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2A man to whom God giveth wealth, and riches, and honour, and there is no lack to his soul of all that he desireth, and God giveth him not power to eat of it, but a stranger eateth it; this `is' vanity, and it `is' an evil disease.
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19Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not.
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13Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes -- be satisfied `with' bread.
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16A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days.
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15The wealth of the rich `is' his strong city, The ruin of the poor `is' their poverty.
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20Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich `are' many.
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34And thy poverty hath come `as' a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!
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3The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.
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13Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.
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5Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.
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4Wealth addeth many friends, And the poor from his neighbour is separated.
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17Whoso is lending `to' Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.
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7`Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'
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18Whoso is refusing instruction -- poverty and shame, And whoso is observing reproof is honoured.
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7The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge.