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