Proverbs [Sayings] 28:1-6

¹The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the upright are as bold as a lion.

²In rebellion, a land has many rulers, but order is maintained by a man of understanding and knowledge.

³A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.

⁴Those who forsake the Torah ·Teaching· praise the wicked; but those who keep the Torah ·Teaching· contend with them.

⁵Evil men don’t understand mishpat ·justice·; but those who seek Adonai understand it fully.

⁶Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.