Proverbs 28 — YLT

28Verse 1The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.^{Verse 2}By the transgression of a land many [are] its heads. And by an intelligent man, Who knoweth right — it is prolonged.^{Verse 3}A man — poor and oppressing the weak, [Is] a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.^{Verse 4}Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them.^{Verse 5}Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all.^{Verse 6}Better [is] the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.^{Verse 7}Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.^{Verse 8}Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.^{Verse 9}Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer [is] an abomination.^{Verse 10}Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.^{Verse 11}A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.^{Verse 12}In the exulting of the righteous the glory [is] abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive.^{Verse 13}Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.^{Verse 14}O the happiness of a man fearing continually, And whoso is hardening his heart falleth into evil.^{Verse 15}A growling lion, and a ranging bear, [Is] the wicked ruler over a poor people.^{Verse 16}A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days.^{Verse 17}A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.^{Verse 18}Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.^{Verse 19}Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied [with] bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled [with] poverty.^{Verse 20}A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.^{Verse 21}To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.^{Verse 22}Troubled for wealth [is] the man [with] an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.^{Verse 23}Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.^{Verse 24}Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, 'It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.^{Verse 25}Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat.^{Verse 26}Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.^{Verse 27}Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.^{Verse 28}In the rising of the wicked a man is hidden, And in their destruction the righteous multiply!