OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 22

Proverbs 28:22

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A stingy man hurries after riches,

and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.

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Proverbs 28:19–25

19

One who works his land will have an abundance of food;

but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

20

A faithful man is rich with blessings;

but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

21

To show partiality is not good,

yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

22
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A stingy man hurries after riches,

and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.

23

One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor

than one who flatters with the tongue.

24

Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, “It’s not wrong,”

is a partner with a destroyer.

25

One who is greedy stirs up strife;

but one who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

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