Proverbs 28:1-8

Warnings and Instructions

1 The wicked ¹flee when no one is pursuing, But the righteous are bold as a lion.

2 By the transgression of a land ²many are its princes, But ³by a man of understanding and knowledge, so it endures.

3 A ⁴poor man who oppresses the lowly Is like a driving rain which leaves no food.

4 Those who forsake the law ⁵praise the wicked, But those who keep the law ⁶strive with them.

5 Evil men ⁷do not understand justice, But those who seek the LORD ⁸understand all things.

6 ⁹Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than he who is crooked * though he be rich.

7 He who keeps the law is a discerning son, But he who is a companion of ¹⁰gluttons humiliates his father.

8 He who increases his wealth by ¹¹interest and usury Gathers it ¹²for him who is gracious to the poor.

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Proverbs 28:1-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 15

In this chapter we have a short history of the reign of Abijam, 1Ki 15:1-8 and of Asa, 1Ki 14:9-24, both kings of Judah; and of the reigns of Nadab the son of Jeroboam, and of Baasha, who destroyed his family, both kings of Israel, 1Ki 15:25-34.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 12

1. Leviticus 26:17, 36; Psalms 53:5
2. 1 Kings 16:8-28; 2 Kings 15:8-15
3. Proverbs 11:11
4. Matthew 18:28
5. Psalms 49:18; Romans 1:32
6. 1 Kings 18:18; Nehemiah 13:11, 15; Matthew 3:7; Matthew 14:4; Ephesians 5:11
7. Psalms 92:6; Isaiah 6:9; Isaiah 44:18
8. Psalms 119:100; Proverbs 2:9; John 7:17; 1 Corinthians 2:15; 1 John 2:20, 27
9. Proverbs 19:1
10. Proverbs 23:20
11. Exodus 22:25; Leviticus 25:36
12. Job 27:17; Proverbs 13:22; Proverbs 14:31

Footnotes 3

[a]. Lit "confident"
[b]. Lit "and there is no bread"
[c]. Lit "perverse of two ways"