Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Un homme envieux a hâte de s'enrichir, Et il ne sait pas que la disette viendra sur lui.
KJV
He that hasteth to be rich [hath] an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
He that hasteth to be rich [hath] an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 133 (Migne)
micus Dei constituitur (Jac. IV, 4) . Et item: Qui [Col. 0612B] festinat ditari, non erit innocens (Prov. XXVIII, 22) . Quod in Esau expressum est, qui lentis edulium praeoccupare gestiens, primogenita quae erat suo tempore percepturus amisit. Haec ergo, et multa hujusmodi suffi…
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