Proverbs 28:20-22
New International Version
Proverbs 28:20-22
English Standard Version
20 A faithful man will abound with blessings,
but whoever hastens to be rich (A)will not go unpunished.
21 To show (B)partiality is not good,
but for (C)a piece of bread a man will do wrong.
22 A (D)stingy man[a] (E)hastens after wealth
and does not know that (F)poverty will come upon him.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:22 Hebrew A man whose eye is evil
Proverbs 28:20-22
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
20 The trustworthy will be richly blessed;
but whoever hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.(A)
21 To show partiality is never good:(B)
for even a morsel of bread one may do wrong.[a]
22 Misers hurry toward wealth,
not knowing that want is coming toward them.[b]
Footnotes
- 28:21 Cf. 24:23. Verse 21b warns that even in a light matter one must remain impartial.
- 28:22 “Bad of eye” is the Hebrew idiom for miserly. Misers fail to see that poverty is hurrying toward them because of their wrong attitude toward wealth. Because misers are “bad of eye,” they do not see the danger.
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