Proverbs 28:1-8

¹The wicked flee when none pursueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon.

²For the transgression of the land there are many princes thereof: but by a man of vnderstanding and knowledge a realme likewise endureth long.

³A poore man, if he oppresse the poore, is like a raging raine, that leaueth no foode.

⁴They that forsake the Law, prayse the wicked: but they that keepe the Law, set themselues against them.

⁵Wicked men vnderstand not iudgemnt: but they that seeke the Lord vnderstand all things.

⁶Better is the poore that walketh in his vprightnesse, then hee that peruerteth his wayes, though he be riche.

⁷He that keepeth the Law, is a childe of vnderstanding: but hee that feedeth the gluttons, shameth his father.

⁸He that increaseth his riches by vsurie and interest, gathereth them for him that will be mercifull vnto the poore.