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A stingy man hurries after riches, And doesn`t know that poverty waits for him.
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The 'Evil Eye' of Envy
Commentators clarify that the "evil eye" is not a superstition but a metaphor for a person's character. It describes someone who is envious of others' prosperity, covetous, and stingy. As one scholar notes, it is the direct opposite of the "bountiful eye" of a generous person mentioned in Proverbs 22:9.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The covetous temper leads not only to dishonesty, but to the “evil eye” of envy; and the temper of grudging, anxious care, leads him to poverty.
19th Century
Anglican
Has an evil eye.— Envies others their prosperity, and keeps all he has for himself.
And considers not that poverty …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He that hastes to be rich As every man that is eagerly desirous of riches is; he would be rich at once F26
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He who hurries to be rich never seriously thinks how quickly God might take his wealth from him and leave him in poverty.
