Proverbs 28:15-28 ▼

15 A roaring lion and a rushing bear, is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

16 A leader lacking in understanding is also abundant of oppressions; one hating dishonest gain prolongs days.

17 A man pressed down by the bloodshed of a soul will flee into the Pit, with none grabbing hold of him.

18 One walking blamelessly will be saved, and one crooked in his ways will fall at once.

19 The one working his land will be filled with bread, and the one pursuing empty things will be filled with poverty.

20 A man of faithfulness has an abundance of blessings, and the one hurrying to be rich will not be acquitted.

21 To regard faces is not good, and over a morsel of bread a strong man will transgress.

22 A man of an evil eye is panicked for wealth, and he does not know that poverty will come upon him.

23 The one rebuking a man, afterward he will find favor more than one being smooth of tongue.

24 One robbing his father or his mother and saying, “There is no transgression,” he is a companion to the man bringing ruin.

25 Being wide of appetite stirs up strife, and one trusting upon YHWH will be made fat.

26 The one trusting in his heart, he is a fool, and the one walking in wisdom, he will be delivered.

27 One giving to the poor will not lack, and one hiding his eyes has an abundance of curses.

28 With the rising up of the wicked, a man hides himself, and with their perishing the righteous multiply.