Proverbs 28

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Proverbs 28 New International Version (NIV)

28.1

28 The wicked flee though no one pursues,
but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

² When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers,
but a ruler with discernment and knowledge maintains order.

³ A ruler^[a] who oppresses the poor
is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.

28.3

⁴ Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked,
but those who heed it resist them.

⁵ Evildoers do not understand what is right,
but those who seek the Lord understand it fully.

⁶ Better the poor whose walk is blameless
than the rich whose ways are perverse.

⁷ A discerning son heeds instruction,
but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.

28.5

⁸ Whoever increases wealth by taking interest or profit from the poor
amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor.

⁹ If anyone turns a deaf…