Proverbs 28:1-10

1 1The wicked flee when no one pursues, but 2the righteous are bold as a lion.
2 When a land transgresses, 3it has many rulers, but with a man of understanding and knowledge, its stability will long continue.
3 4A poor man who oppresses the poor is a beating rain that leaves no food.
4 Those who forsake the law 5praise the wicked, but those who keep the law 6strive against them.
5 Evil men 7do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD 8 understand it completely.
6 9Better is a poor man who 10walks in his integrity than a rich man who is 11crooked in his ways.
7 The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding, but 12a companion of gluttons shames his father.
8 Whoever multiplies his wealth 13by interest and profit[a] 14gathers it for him who is 15generous to the poor.
9 If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his 16prayer is an abomination.
10 Whoever misleads the upright into an evil way 17will fall into his own pit, but the blameless 18will have a goodly inheritance.

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Cross References 18

  • 1. Leviticus 26:17; Psalms 53:5
  • 2. Leviticus 26:8; 1 Samuel 17:32
  • 3. [1 Kings 15:27]; See 1 Kings 16:8-28; 2 Kings 15:8-15
  • 4. [Matthew 18:28]
  • 5. Psalms 10:3; Romans 1:32
  • 6. [1 Kings 18:18, 21; Nehemiah 13:11, 15; Matthew 3:7; Matthew 14:4; Ephesians 5:11]
  • 7. Psalms 92:6; [John 12:39, 40]
  • 8. Psalms 119:100; [John 7:17; 1 Corinthians 2:15; James 1:5; 1 John 2:20, 27]
  • 9. Proverbs 19:1
  • 10. ver. 18
  • 11. ver. 18
  • 12. [Proverbs 23:20; Proverbs 29:3]
  • 13. Exodus 22:25; Leviticus 25:36
  • 14. See Job 27:17
  • 15. Proverbs 14:31
  • 16. [Psalms 109:7]; See Proverbs 15:8
  • 17. See Psalms 7:15
  • 18. [Matthew 6:33]

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the poor
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