Proverbs 28:1-8

¹The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.

²By the transgression of a land many are its heads. And by an intelligent man, Who knoweth right — it is prolonged.

³A man — poor and oppressing the weak, Is a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.

⁴Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them.

⁵Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all.

⁶Better is the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.

⁷Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.

⁸Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.