Proverbs 28:14-24

14 Happy is the person who fears continuously, but he who is stubborn of heart, will fall into calamity.
15 [Like] a roaring lion and a charging bear [is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.
16 A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor, [but] those who hate unjust gain will have long days.
17 A person who is burdened with [the] blood of {another}, until death he will flee; do not take hold of him.
18 He who walks in integrity will be safe, but he who takes crooked paths will fall in one.
19 He who tills his ground will have plenty bread, but he who follows fantasies will have plenty [of] poverty.
20 A man of faithfulness [has] abundant blessings, but he who hurries to become rich will not go unpunished.
21 {Showing partiality} [is] not good, and over a morsel of bread, a strong man will do wrong.
22 He who hurries for wealth is {a man with an evil eye}, but he does not know that poverty will come upon him.
23 He who rebukes a person will afterward find [more] favor than he who flatters [with the] tongue.
24 He who robs his father and his mother and says, "There is no crime," is partner to a man who corrupts.

Proverbs 28:14-24 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.

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