Proverbs 28
1 The wicked flee and no one is pursuing, and the righteous are confident as a young lion.
2 In the transgression of the land, many [are] its princes; and with one man understanding [and] knowing, so it will last long.
3 A man being poor and oppressing the lowly ones [is like] a rain beating down and [there is] no bread.
4 Those abandoning instruction praise a wicked one, and those guarding instruction contend with them.
5 Men of evil do not understand justice, and those seeking YHWH understand all.
6 Better one being poor walking in his integrity, than one crooked in [his] ways, and he [is] rich.
7 One watching over the law [is] a discerning son, and one associating with gluttons disgraces his father.
8 The one multiplying his wealth by interest and usury gathers it for one showing favor to lowly ones.
9 One turning aside his ear from hearing instruction, even his prayer is an abomination.
10 One causing the upright to stray onto a path of evil, into his pit he himself will fall, and the blameless ones will inherit good [things].
11 A rich man [is] wise in his own eyes, and a poor one being discerning will search him out.
12 In the rejoicing of the righteous [is] great beauty, and in the rising up of wicked ones, a man hides himself.
13 One covering his transgressions will not prosper, and one confessing and forsaking [them] will find mercy.
14 Blessed [is] the man being reverent continually, and the one hardening his heart will fall into distress.
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.