Proverbs 28
1 to flee and nothing to pursue wicked and righteous like/as lion to trust
The wicked run away even when no one is chasing them, but the good have the trusting boldness of lions.
2 in/on/with transgression land: country/planet many ruler her and in/on/with man to understand to know right to prolong
When a country is in rebellion, it has many rulers, but a ruler who is wise and knowledgeable provides strength and continuity.
3 great man be poor and to oppress poor rain to prostatrate and nothing food
When someone poor oppresses the poor, it's like heavy rain that beats down the crops.
4 to leave: forsake instruction to boast: praise wicked and to keep: obey instruction to stir up in/on/with them
People who reject the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law fight against them.
5 human bad: evil not to understand justice and to seek LORD to understand all
Evil people understand nothing about justice, but those who follow the Lord understand it completely.
6 pleasant be poor to go: walk in/on/with integrity his from twisted way: conduct and he/she/it rich
Better to be poor and have integrity than to be devious and rich.
7 to watch instruction son: child to understand and to accompany be vile be humiliated father his
If you keep the law, you're a wise son, but if you keep bad company you shame your father.
8 to multiply substance his in/on/with interest (and increment *QK) to/for be gracious poor to gather him
Anyone who gets rich through charging interest and profiteering is only storing it up for someone who is kind to the poor.
9 to turn aside: depart ear his from to hear: hear instruction also prayer his abomination
God hates the prayers of people who disregard the law.
10 to wander upright in/on/with way: conduct bad: evil in/on/with pit his he/she/it to fall: fall and unblemished: blameless to inherit good
Those who lead good people astray into evil ways will fall into their own traps, but the innocent will receive a good reward.
11 wise in/on/with eye his man rich and poor to understand to search him
The rich see themselves as wise, but poor people with insight see right through them.
12 in/on/with to rejoice righteous many beauty and in/on/with to arise: rise wicked to search man
When good people win, everyone celebrates, but when the wicked come to power, people hide.
13 to cover transgression his not to prosper and to give thanks and to leave: forsake to have compassion
People who hide their sins won't succeed, but those who confess and renounce their sins will be shown kindness.
14 blessed man to dread continually and to harden heart his to fall: fall in/on/with distress: harm
Blessed are those who always respect the Lord, but those who are stubborn end up in a lot of trouble.
15 lion to groan and bear to rush to rule wicked upon people poor
A wicked ruler lording it over poor people is like a roaring lion or a charging bear.
16 leader lacking understanding and many oppression (to hate *QK) unjust-gain to prolong day
An unwise ruler thoroughly extorts his people, but one who refuses to profit illegally will live long.
17 man to oppress in/on/with blood soul: person till pit to flee not to grasp in/on/with him
Someone guilty of murder will go on running away from it until they die. Don't try and stop them.
18 to go: walk unblemished: blameless to save and to twist way: conduct to fall: fall in/on/with one
If you have integrity, you'll be kept safe, but if you live deviously, you'll fall.
19 to serve: labour land: soil his to satisfy food: bread and to pursue worthless to satisfy poverty
If you cultivate the land you'll have plenty of food, but if you chase fantasies you'll end up with nothing.
20 man faithfulness many blessing and to hasten to/for to enrich not to clear
If you're trustworthy, you'll be richly rewarded; but if you try to get rich quick, you won't go unpunished.
21 to recognize face: kindness not pleasant and upon morsel food: bread to transgress great man
Showing favoritism isn't good, but some people will do wrong just for a piece of bread.
22 to dismay to/for substance man bad: evil eye: appearance and not to know for poverty to come (in): come him
Envious people are in a rush to get rich; they don't realize they'll end up poor.
23 to rebuke man backwards me favor to find from to smooth tongue
Honest criticism is appreciated later far more than flattery.
24 to plunder father his and mother his and to say nothing transgression companion he/she/it to/for man to ruin
A man who robs his father and mother, and says, “It's not a crime,” is one step away from becoming a murderer.
25 broad: arrogant soul: person to stir up strife and to trust upon LORD to prosper
Greedy people stir up trouble, but those who trust in the Lord will be successful.
26 to trust in/on/with heart his he/she/it fool and to go: walk in/on/with wisdom he/she/it to escape
People who trust their own minds are foolish, but those who follow wise ways will be kept safe.
27 to give: give to/for be poor nothing need and to conceal eye his many curse
If you give to the poor, you won't be in need; but if you look the other way, you'll have many curses.
28 in/on/with to arise: rise wicked to hide man and in/on/with to perish they to multiply righteous
When the wicked come to power, people hide; but when they fall, the good do well.
