Proverbs 28:12-28

¹²By reason of the help of righteous men great glory arises: but in the places of the ungodly men are caught.

¹³He that covers his own ungodliness shall not prosper: but he that blames himself shall be loved.

¹⁴Blessed is the man who religiously fears always: but the hard of heart shall fall into mischiefs.

¹⁵A hungry lion and a thirsty wolf is he, who, being poor, rules over a poor nation.

¹⁶A king in need of revenues is a great oppressor: but he that hates injustice shall live a long time.

¹⁷He that becomes surety for a man charged with murder shall be an exile, and not in safety. Chasten your son, and he shall love you, and give honour to your soul: he shall not obey a sinful nation.

¹⁸He that walks justly is assisted: but he that walks in crooked ways shall be entangled therein.

¹⁹He that tills his own land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that follows idleness shall have plenty of poverty.

²⁰A man worthy of credit shall be much blessed: but the wicked shall not be unpunished.

²¹He that reverences not the persons of the just is not good: such a one will sell a man for a morsel of bread.

²²An envious man makes haste to be rich, and knows not that the merciful man will have the mastery over him.

²³He that reproves a man's ways shall have more favour than he that flatters with the tongue.

²⁴He that casts off father or mother, and thinks he sins not; the same is partaker with an ungodly man.

²⁵An unbelieving man judges rashly: but he that trusts in the Lord will act carefully.

²⁶He that trusts to a bold heart, such an one is a fool: but he that walks in wisdom shall be safe.

²⁷He that gives to the poor shall not be in lack: but he that turns away his eye from him shall be in great distress.

²⁸In the places of ungodly men the righteous mourn: but in their destruction the righteous shall be multiplied.