Proverbs 28 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Warnings and Instructions

Pro 28:1The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.

Pro 28:2By the transgression of a land many are its heads. And by an intelligent man, Who knoweth right -- it is prolonged.

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Pro 28:3A man -- poor and oppressing the weak, Is a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.

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Pro 28:4Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them.

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Pro 28:5Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all.

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Pro 28:6Better is the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.

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Pro 28:7Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.

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Pro 28:8Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.

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Pro 28:9Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.

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Pro 28:10Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.

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Pro 28:11A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.

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Pro 28:12In the exulting of the righteous the glory is abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive.

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Pro 28:13Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.

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Pro 28:14O the happiness of a man fearing continually, And whoso is hardening his heart falleth into evil.

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Pro 28:15A growling lion, and a ranging bear, Is the wicked ruler over a poor people.

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Pro 28:16A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days.

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Pro 28:17A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.

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Pro 28:18Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.

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Pro 28:19Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied with bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled with poverty.

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Pro 28:20A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.

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Pro 28:21To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.

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Pro 28:22Troubled for wealth is the man with an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.

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Pro 28:23Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.

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Pro 28:24Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, 'It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.

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Pro 28:25Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat.

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Pro 28:26Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.

Pro 28:27

Pro 28:27Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

Pro 28:28

Pro 28:28In the rising of the wicked a man is hidden, And in their destruction the righteous multiply!

The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Proverbs 28 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Warnings and Instructions

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