Proverbs 28
28 The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.
^2 ^By the transgression of a land many [are] its heads. And by an intelligent man, Who knoweth 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.
4Those who forsake the Torah praise the wrong, Those who guard the Torah strive with them.
^5 ^Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all.
^6 ^Better [is] the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.
^7 ^Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.
7He who watches over the Torah is a discerning son, But a companion of gluttons shames his father.
^8 ^Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.
^9 ^Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer [is] an abomination.
9He who turns away his ear from hearing the Torah, Even his prayer is an abomination.
^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.
^11 ^A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.
^12 ^In the exulting of the righteous the glory [is] abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive.
^13 ^Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.
^14 ^O the happiness of a man fearing continually, And whoso is hardening his heart falleth into evil.
^15 ^A growling lion, and a ranging bear, [Is] the wicked ruler over a poor people.
^16 ^A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days.
^17 ^A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.
^18 ^Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.
^19 ^Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied [with] bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled [with] poverty.
^20 ^A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.
^21 ^To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.
^22 ^Troubled for wealth [is] the man [with] an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.
^23 ^Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.
^24 ^Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, `It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.
^25 ^Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat.
^26 ^Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.
^27 ^Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.
^28 ^In the rising of the wicked a man is hidden, And in their destruction the righteous multiply!