Proverbs 28:22
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.

Young's Literal Translation
Troubled for wealth [is] the man [with] an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.

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

Hebrew
A stingy
רַ֣ע (ra‘)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

man
אִ֭ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

hastens
נִֽבֳהָ֥ל (ni·ḇo·hāl)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 926: To tremble inwardly, be, alarmed, agitated, to hasten anxiously

after wealth
לַה֗וֹן (la·hō·wn)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1952: Wealth, sufficiency

and does not
וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

know
יֵ֝דַע (yê·ḏa‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3045: To know

that
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

poverty
חֶ֥סֶר (ḥe·ser)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2639: Lack, destitution

awaits him.
יְבֹאֶֽנּוּ׃ (yə·ḇō·’en·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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