Proverbs 28:1-8

¹The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

²For the transgression of a land many are its princes: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.

³A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

⁴They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

⁵Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things .

⁶Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he is rich.

⁷He who keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

⁸He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.