1 The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident. YLT — Proverbs 28:1
2 By the transgression of a land many [are] its heads. And by an intelligent man, Who knoweth right — it is prolonged. YLT — Proverbs 28:2
3 A man — poor and oppressing the weak, [Is] a sweeping rain, and there is no bread. YLT — Proverbs 28:3
4 Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them. YLT — Proverbs 28:4
5 Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all. YLT — Proverbs 28:5
6 Better [is] the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich. YLT — Proverbs 28:6
7 Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush. YLT — Proverbs 28:7
8 Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it. YLT — Proverbs 28:8
9 Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer [is] an abomination. YLT — Proverbs 28:9
10 Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good. YLT — Proverbs 28:10
11 A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him. YLT — Proverbs 28:11
12 In the exulting of the righteous the glory [is] abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive. YLT — Proverbs 28:12
13 Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy. YLT — Proverbs 28:13
14 O the happiness of a man fearing continually, And whoso is hardening his heart falleth into evil. YLT — Proverbs 28:14
15 A growling lion, and a ranging bear, [Is] the wicked ruler over a poor people. YLT — Proverbs 28:15
16 A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days. YLT — Proverbs 28:16
17 A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him. YLT — Proverbs 28:17
18 Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once. YLT — Proverbs 28:18
19 Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied [with] bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled [with] poverty. YLT — Proverbs 28:19
20 A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted. YLT — Proverbs 28:20
21 To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress. YLT — Proverbs 28:21
22 Troubled for wealth [is] the man [with] an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him. YLT — Proverbs 28:22
23 Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue. YLT — Proverbs 28:23
24 Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, ‘It is not transgression,’ A companion he is to a destroyer. YLT — Proverbs 28:24
25 Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat. YLT — Proverbs 28:25
26 Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered. YLT — Proverbs 28:26
27 Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses. YLT — Proverbs 28:27
28 In the rising of the wicked a man is hidden, And in their destruction the righteous multiply! YLT — Proverbs 28:28