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