Proverbs 28:20-22

Modern English Version

²⁰A faithful man will abound with blessings,
but he who makes haste to be rich will not be innocent.

²¹To show partiality is not good,
because for a morsel of bread that man will transgress.

²²He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye,
and does not consider that poverty will come upon him.

Proverbs 28:20-22

New International Version

²⁰A faithful person will be richly blessed,
but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.^(A)

²¹To show partiality^(B) is not good^(C)—
yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread.^(D)

²²The stingy are eager to get rich
and are unaware that poverty awaits them.^(E)

²⁰A faithful man will abound with blessings,
^(A)But he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.

²¹^(B)To ^[a]show partiality is not good,
^(C)Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress.

²²A man with an evil eye hastens after riches,
And does not consider that ^(D)poverty will come upon him.

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