Proverbs 28:22
The stingy are eager to get rich and are unaware that poverty awaits them.
In context
19 Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty. 20 A faithful person will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.
21 To show partiality is not good— yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread. 22 The stingy are eager to get rich and are unaware that poverty awaits them. 23 Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor rather than one who has a flattering tongue. 24 Whoever robs their father or mother and says, “It’s not wrong,” is partner to one who destroys.
25 The greedy stir up conflict, but those who trust in the Lord will prosper.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 28:22 in the KJV
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, And considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 28:22 in the ESV
A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty will come upon him.