Proverbs 28

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