LEB - Proverbs - 28

28:1  The wicked flee, but no one pursues, but the righteous is bold like a lion.

28:2  By the rebellion of a land, her rulers increase, but by a person of intelligence who knows justice, it will last.

28:3  A man who is poor and oppresses the impoverished is a beating rain ⌞that leaves⌟ no food.

28:4  Those who forsake instruction will praise the wicked, but they who guard instruction will struggle against them.

28:5  Men of evil do not understand justice, but seekers of Yahweh understand completely.

28:6  Better to be poor and walking in one’s integrity than to be crooked of ways when one is rich.

28:7  He who keeps instruction is a child of understanding, but the companion of gluttons will shame his father.

28:8  He who augments his wealth with interest and with usury gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.

28:9  He who turns his ear from listening to instruction, even his prayer is an abomination.

28:10  He who misleads the upright onto the way of evil, into his pits he will fall. But as for the blameless, they will inherit good.

28:11  A man of wealth is wise in his own eyes, but the intelligent poor sees through him.

28:12  When the righteous triumphs, great is the glory, but with the rising of the wicked, a person will be hidden.

28:13  He who conceals his transgression will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes will obtain mercy.

28:14  Happy is the person who fears continuously, but he who is stubborn of heart, will fall into calamity.

28:15  Like a roaring lion and a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

28:16  A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor, but those who hate unjust gain will have long days.

28:17  A person who is burdened with the blood of ⌞another⌟, until death he will flee; do not take hold of him.

28:18  He who walks in integrity will be safe, but he who takes crooked paths will fall in one.

28:19  He who tills his ground will have plenty bread, but he who follows fantasies will have plenty of poverty.

28:20  A man of faithfulness has abundant blessings, but he who hurries to become rich will not go unpunished.

28:21  ⌞Showing partiality⌟ is not good, and over a morsel of bread, a strong man will do wrong.

28:22  He who hurries for wealth is ⌞a man with an evil eye⌟, but he does not know that poverty will come upon him.

28:23  He who rebukes a person will afterward find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.

28:24  He who robs his father and his mother and says, “There is no crime,” is partner to a man who corrupts.

28:25  The ⌞greedy person⌟ will stir up strife, but he who trusts in Yahweh will be enriched.

28:26  He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be saved.

28:27  For he who gives to the poor, there is no lacking, but for he who turns his eyes, there are many curses.

28:28  With the rising of the wicked, humankind will be hidden, and with their perishing, the righteous will multiply.