Berean BlueApp preview

John Trapp on Proverbs 28:22

Commentary or Exposition. Browse this work.

Proverbs28:22

Verſ. 22. He that haſteth to be rich hath an evil eye] He is ſick of the luſt of the eye, 1 John 2.16. (for all ſinful luſts are [non-Latin text not transcribed] ſickneſſes) coveting his neighbours goods, envying his proſperity, and begrudging him every bit he eats at his table, chap. 23.6, 7. See the note there.

And conſidereth not that poverty ſhall come upon him] Etiamſi per mare pauperiem fugiat, per ſaxa, per ignes. Though hee run as faſt from beggery as he can hye, yet it will overtake him and catch him by the back, Job 27.16.17. Surely as the ſtarres that went before the wiſe-men; went when they went, and ſtaied when they ſtaied: ſo riches fly the faſter from a man the more eagerly he follows them; but then ſtay when a mans winde is ſtaied. In the fulneſs of his ſufficiency he ſhall be in ſtraights, ſaith Zophar, concerning the minde, Job 20.22. He is poor in the midſt of his riches: but God will ſtrip him of all, and make a poor fool of him, Jer. 17.11.

John Trapp, Commentary or Exposition, Proverbs 28:22. Public domain.

Permanent link. Source edition.

Read Proverbs 28. Compare commentaries on this chapter.

Source and publication rights

Text Creation Partnership. Public domain; TCP unrestricted text and encoding. Source edition.

Berean Blue opens December 1, 2026. Explore this passage in the app preview.