Proverbs 28:15-28 ▼

15 A growling lion, and a ranging bear, || [Is] the wicked ruler over a poor people.

16 A leader lacking understanding multiplies oppressions, || Whoever is hating dishonest gain prolongs days.

17 A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, || Flees to the pit, [and] none takes hold on him [to help].

18 Whoever is walking uprightly is saved, || And the perverted of ways falls at once.

19 Whoever is tilling his ground is satisfied [with] bread, || And whoever is pursuing vanity, || Is filled [with] poverty.

20 A steadfast man has multiplied blessings, || And whoever is hastening to be rich is not acquitted.

21 [It] is not good to discern faces, || And a man transgresses for a piece of bread.

22 The man [with] an evil eye [is] troubled for wealth, || And he does not know that want meets him.

23 Whoever is reproving a man finds grace afterward, || More than a flatterer with the tongue.

24 Whoever is robbing his father or his mother, || And is saying, “It is not transgression,” || He is a companion to a destroyer.

25 Whoever is proud in soul stirs up contention, || And whoever is trusting on YHWH is made fat.

26 Whoever is trusting in his heart is a fool, || And whoever is walking in wisdom is delivered.

27 Whoever is giving to the poor has no lack, || And whoever is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

28 A man is hidden in the rising of the wicked, || And the righteous multiply in their destruction!