Proverbs 28

1 The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer, And the righteous is confident as a young lion.

2 By the transgression of a land its heads are many, And by an understanding man, Who knows right—it is prolonged.

3 A man—poor and oppressing the weak, [Is] a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.

4 Those forsaking the Law praise the wicked, Those keeping the Law plead against them.

5 Evil men do not understand judgment, And those seeking YHWH understand all.

6 Better [is] the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.

7 Whoever is keeping the Law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons Causes his father to blush.

8 Whoever is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, Gathers it for one favoring the poor.

9 Whoever is turning his ear from hearing the Law, Even his prayer [is] an abomination.

10 Whoever is causing the upright to err in an evil way, He falls into his own pit, And the perfect inherits good.

11 A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searches him.

12 In the exulting of the righteous the glory [is] abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive.

13 Whoever is covering his transgressions does not prosper, And he who is confessing and forsaking has mercy.

14 O the blessedness of a man fearing continually, And whoever is hardening his heart falls into evil.

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!