Proverbs 28:1-8

¹A wicked man fleeth, when no man pursueth; but a just or rightwise man as a lion trusting shall be without fearedfulness.

²For the sins of the land there be many princes of it; and for the wisdom of a man, and for the knowing of these things that be said, the life of the duke shall be the longer.

³A poor man falsely challenging poor men, is like a great rain, wherein hunger is made ready.

⁴They that forsake the law, praise the wicked man; they that keep the law, be kindled, or stirred up, against him.

⁵Wicked men think not on doom; but they that seek the Lord, perceive all things.

⁶Better is a poor man going in his simpleness, than a rich man in his shrewd ways.

⁷He that keepeth the law, is a wise son; but he that feedeth gluttons, shameth his father.

⁸He that gathereth together riches by usuries, and free increases, gathereth those or them together against poor men.