Proverbs 28:1-9

1 The wicked flee, but no one pursues, but the righteous is bold like a lion.

2 By the rebellion of a land, her rulers increase, but by a person of intelligence who knows justice, it will last.

3 A man [who is] poor and oppresses the impoverished [is] a beating rain {that leaves} no food.

4 Those who forsake instruction will praise the wicked, but they who guard instruction will struggle against them.

5 Men of evil do not understand justice, but seekers of Yahweh understand completely.

6 Better [to be] poor and walking in one's integrity than to be crooked of ways when one [is] rich.

7 He who keeps instruction [is] a child of understanding, but the companion of gluttons will shame his father.

8 He who augments his wealth with interest and with usury gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.

9 He who turns his ear from listening to instruction, even his prayer [is] an abomination.

Proverbs 28:1-9 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "and there is"
• [b]. Or "everything"