Proverbs 28:16-23

¹⁶A tyrannical ruler lacks judgement. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.

¹⁷A man who is tormented by blood guilt will be a fugitive until death. No one will support him.

¹⁸Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.

¹⁹One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

²⁰A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

²¹To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

²²A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.

²³One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favour than one who flatters with the tongue.