Proverbs 28:22 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²²He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

Proverbs 28:22 —

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Cross-References

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Proverbs 23:6
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
1 Timothy 6:9
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
Proverbs 28:20
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
Job 27:16-17
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; …
Job 20:18-22
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 22)

Here again Solomon shows the sin and folly of those that will be rich; they are resolved that they will be so, per fas, per nefas -- 2643 right or wrong; they will be so with all speed; they are getting hastily an estate. 1. They have no comfort in it: They have an evil eye, that is, they are always grieving at those that have more than they, and always grudging their necessary expenses, because t…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 22)

22. (Compare Pr 28:20). evil eye--in the general sense of Pr 23:6, here more specific for covetousness (compare Pr 22:9; Mt 20:15). poverty ... him--by God’s providence.