Proverbs 28:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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

He that hasteth to be rich (28:20) (hath)an evil eye - a grudging illiberal eye (23:6).

And considereth not (that instead of becoming really rich, the result of his haste to be rich by all means, fair or foul, will be).

That poverty shall come upon him - (Proverbs 28:8; Job 27:16-17.) Sometimes in this life "poverty" comes by a sudden reverse on him who unduly "hasteth to be rich;" at all events at death he is stripped of all his riches, and everlasting "poverty" of all that is good becomes his doom.

Proverbs 28:22

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