{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/ylt/proverbs/28","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-15T11:22:49.812Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":28,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":27,"nextChapter":29,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":28},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"By the transgression of a land many are its heads. And by an intelligent man, Who knoweth right — it is prolonged."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"A man — poor and oppressing the weak, Is a sweeping rain, and there is no bread."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Better is the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"In the exulting of the righteous the glory is abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"O the happiness of a man fearing continually, And whoso is hardening his heart falleth into evil."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"A growling lion, and a ranging bear, Is the wicked ruler over a poor people."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied with bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled with poverty."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Troubled for wealth is the man with an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, 'It is not transgression,' A companion he is to a destroyer."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"In the rising of the wicked a man is hidden, And in their destruction the righteous multiply!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 28 (YLT)","markdown":"[Proverbs 28](https://primebible.com/ylt/proverbs/28)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/proverbs/28 (accessed 2026-06-15)."}}