28Proverbs 28

1The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.Select Proverbs 28:1

2By the transgression of a land many are its heads. And by an intelligent man, Who knoweth right--it is prolonged.Select Proverbs 28:2

3A man--poor and oppressing the weak, Is a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.Select Proverbs 28:3

4Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them.Select Proverbs 28:4

5Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all.Select Proverbs 28:5

6Better is the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.Select Proverbs 28:6

7Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.Select Proverbs 28:7

8Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.Select Proverbs 28:8

9Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.Select Proverbs 28:9

10Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.Select Proverbs 28:10

11A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.Select Proverbs 28:11

12In the exulting of the righteous the glory is abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive.Select Proverbs 28:12

13Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.Select Proverbs 28:13

14O the happiness of a man fearing continually, And whoso is hardening his heart falleth into evil.Select Proverbs 28:14

15A growling lion, and a ranging bear, Is the wicked ruler over a poor people.Select Proverbs 28:15

16A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days.Select Proverbs 28:16

17A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.Select Proverbs 28:17

18Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.Select Proverbs 28:18

19Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied with bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled with poverty.Select Proverbs 28:19

20A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.Select Proverbs 28:20

21To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.Select Proverbs 28:21

22Troubled for wealth is the man with an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.Select Proverbs 28:22

23Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.Select Proverbs 28:23

24Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, `It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.Select Proverbs 28:24

25Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat.Select Proverbs 28:25

26Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.Select Proverbs 28:26

27Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.Select Proverbs 28:27

28In the rising of the wicked a man is hidden, And in their destruction the righteous multiply!Select Proverbs 28:28