Young's Literal Translation: Proverbs Page 36
28:13 Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.
28:14 O the happiness of a man fearing continually, And whoso is hardening his heart falleth into evil.
28:15 A growling lion, and a ranging bear, [Is] the wicked ruler over a poor people.
28:16 A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days.
28:17 A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.
28:18 Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.
28:19 Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied [with] bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled [with] poverty.
28:20 A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.
28:21 To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.
28:22 Troubled for wealth [is] the man [with] an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.
28:23 Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.
28:24 Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, `It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer.
28:25 Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat.
28:26 Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.
28:27 Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.
28:28 In the rising of the wicked a man is hidden, And in their destruction the righteous multiply!
29:1 A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.
29:2 In the multiplying of the righteous the people rejoice, And in the ruling of the wicked the people sigh.
29:3 A man loving wisdom rejoiceth his father, And a friend of harlots destroyeth wealth.
29:4 A king by judgment establisheth a land, And one receiving gifts throweth it down.
29:5 A man taking a portion above his neighbour, Spreadeth a net for his own steps.
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