Old Testament · Poetry and wisdom

Proverbs chapter 28

The run when no one is chasing them, but are as .When a land , it cycles through leader after leader, but with someone who has , stability lasts.A those even weaker is like a .People who abandon praise , but those who keep it stand against them.People consumed by evil don’t understand , but those who look to understand it completely.Better to be poor and walk with than to be rich and .A child keeps , but one who hangs around with humiliates their parents.Anyone who builds wealth through and is just stockpiling it for someone who will be generous to the poor.If someone turns a deaf ear to , even their prayers are .Whoever leads down a destructive path will fall into their own trap, but those with will receive good things.Rich people think they’re so , but a poor person with sees right through them.When succeed, there’s , but when the guilty rise to power, people go into hiding.Anyone who hides their will never thrive, but whoever will find . the person who always lives with , but whoever will fall into disaster.A over a is like a roaring lion or a charging bear.A leader who lacks is a brutal oppressor, but one who hates will have a long life.A person will be a until death -- don’t help them.Walk with and you’ll be kept safe, but whoever takes will . and you’ll have plenty of food; chase and you’ll have plenty of poverty.A person , but whoever rushes to get rich won’t go unpunished. is never good -- but some people will sell out for as little as a .A races to get rich, not realizing that poverty is coming for them.Someone who will end up more appreciated than a person who just you.Whoever and says, “It’s not wrong” -- that person is no different from .A stirs up conflict, but anyone who will .Whoever is a fool, but anyone who walks in will be kept safe.Whoever gives to won’t lack anything, but whoever looks the other way will get plenty of .When rise to power, people go into hiding, but when they fall, .