The Book of Proverbs 28 |
The Young's Literal Translation Online Bible (YLT) |
Proverbs 28:1 | The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident. |
Proverbs 28:2 | By the transgression of a land many [are] its heads. And by an intelligent man, Who knoweth right it is prolonged. |
Proverbs 28:3 | A man poor and oppressing the weak, [Is] a sweeping rain, and there is no bread. |
Proverbs 28:4 | Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them. |
Proverbs 28:5 | Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all. |
Proverbs 28:6 | Better [is] the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich. |
Proverbs 28:7 | Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush. |
Proverbs 28:8 | Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it. |
Proverbs 28:9 | Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer [is] an abomination. |
Proverbs 28:10 | Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good. |
Proverbs 28:11 | A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him. |
Proverbs 28:12 | In the exulting of the righteous the glory [is] abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive. |
Proverbs 28:13 | Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy. |
Proverbs 28:14 | O the happiness of a man fearing continually, And whoso is hardening his heart falleth into evil. |
Proverbs 28:15 | A growling lion, and a ranging bear, [Is] the wicked ruler over a poor people. |
Proverbs 28:16 | A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days. |
Proverbs 28:17 | A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him. |
Proverbs 28:18 | Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once. |
Proverbs 28:19 | Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied [with] bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled [with] poverty. |
Proverbs 28:20 | A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted. |
Proverbs 28:21 | To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress. |
Proverbs 28:22 | Troubled for wealth [is] the man [with] an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him. |
Proverbs 28:23 | Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue. |
Proverbs 28:24 | Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, `It is not transgression,` A companion he is to a destroyer. |
Proverbs 28:25 | Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat. |
Proverbs 28:26 | Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered. |
Proverbs 28:27 | Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses. |
Proverbs 28:28 | In the rising of the wicked a man is hidden, And in their destruction the righteous multiply! |