Proverbs 28:18-27

¹⁸Whoever walks with integrity will be kept safe, but the one whose way is crooked will suddenly fall.

¹⁹The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

²⁰A faithful man will have great blessings, but the one who gets rich quickly will not go unpunished.

²¹It is not good to show partiality, but for a piece of bread a man will do wrong.

²²A stingy man hurries after riches, but he does not know that poverty will come upon him.

²³Whoever disciplines someone, afterward will find more favor from him than from the one who flatters him with his tongue.

²⁴Whoever robs his father and his mother and says, “That is no sin,” he is the companion of the one who destroys.

²⁵A greedy man stirs up conflict, but the one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

²⁶One who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but whoever walks in wisdom will keep away from danger.

²⁷The one who gives to the poor will lack nothing, but whoever closes his eyes to them will receive many curses.