Proverbs 28:22
Troubled for wealth is the man with an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.This verse in the real world
In what words
- חֶסֶרcheçerlack; hence, destitution
- הוֹןhôwnwealth; by implication, enough
- בָּהַלbâhalto tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) al
- רַעraʻbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- עַיִןʻayinan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- יָדַעyâdaʻto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figurativel
- אִישׁʼîysha man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
1Ti 6:9, Pro 23:6, Pro 28:20, Mat 20:15, Job 27:16–17, Gen 19:17, Gen 13:10–13, Mrk 7:22