Proverbs 28

¹The wicked flee, but no one pursues,

²By the rebellion of a land, her rulers increase,

³A man who is poor and oppresses the impoverished

⁴Those who forsake instruction will praise the wicked,

⁵Men of evil do not understand justice,

⁶Better to be poor and walking in one’s integrity

⁷He who keeps instruction is a child of understanding,

⁸He who augments his wealth with interest and with usury

⁹He who turns his ear from listening to instruction,

¹⁰He who misleads the upright onto the way of evil,

¹¹A man of wealth is wise in his own eyes,

¹²When the righteous triumphs, great is the glory,

¹³He who conceals his transgression will not prosper,

¹⁴Happy is the person who fears continuously,

¹⁵Like a roaring lion and a charging bear

¹⁶A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor,[#Hebrew “and”]

¹⁷A person who is burdened with the blood of another,[#Literally “life”]

¹⁸He who walks in integrity will be safe,

¹⁹He who tills his ground will have plenty bread,

²⁰A man of faithfulness has abundant blessings,

²¹Showing partiality is not good,[#Literally “Recognizing faces”]

²²He who hurries for wealth is a man with an evil eye,[#Literally “a man of evil of eye”]

²³He who rebukes a person will afterward find more favor

²⁴He who robs his father and his mother and says, “There is no crime,”

²⁵The greedy person will stir up strife,[#Literally “wide soul”]

²⁶He who trusts in his own heart is a fool,[#Or “mind,” or “sense”]

²⁷For he who gives to the poor, there is no lacking,

²⁸With the rising of the wicked, humankind will be hidden,