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Proverbs 28:1-6

1 Evil people run even though no one is chasing them, but good people are as brave as a lion.

1 The wicked flee though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

2 When a country is lawless, it has one ruler after another; but when it is led by a man with understanding and knowledge, it continues strong.

2 When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers, but a ruler with discernment and knowledge maintains order.

3 Rulers who mistreat the poor are like a hard rain that destroys the crops.

3 A ruler who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.

4 Those who disobey what they have been taught praise the wicked, but those who obey what they have been taught are against them.

4 Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked, but those who heed it resist them.

5 Evil people do not understand justice, but those who follow the Lord understand it completely.

5 Evildoers do not understand what is right, but those who seek the LORD understand it fully.

6 It is better to be poor and innocent than to be rich and wicked.

6 Better the poor whose walk is blameless than the rich whose ways are perverse.