Proverbs 28
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Proverbs 28:12-20

12When the 1righteousH6662 triumphH5970, there is greatH7227 gloryH8597, But 2when the wickedH7563 riseH6965, peopleH120 3hideH2664 themselves.13One who 4concealsH3680 his wrongdoingsH6588 will not prosperH6743, But one who 5confessesH3034 and abandonsH5800 them will findH7355 compassionH7355.14How blessedH835 is the personH120 who 6fearsH6342 alwaysH8548, But one who 7hardensH7185 his heartH3820 will fallH5307 into disasterH7463.15Like a 8roaringH5098 lionH738 and a rushingH8264 bearH1677 Is a 9wickedH7563 rulerH4910 overH5921 a poorH1800 peopleH5971.16A 10leaderH5057 who is a greatH7227 oppressorH4642 lacksH2638 understandingH8394, But a person who hatesH8130 unjustH1215 gainH1215 will prolongH748 his daysH3117.17A personH120 who is 11burdenedH6231 with the guilt of humanH5315 bloodH1818 Will 12be a fugitiveH5127 untilH5704 deathH953; noH408 one is to supportH8551 him!18One who walksH1980 blamelesslyH8549 will receiveH3467 helpH3467, But one who is 1314crookedH6140H1870 will fallH5307 allH259 at onceH259.1915One who worksH5647 his landH127 will 16haveH7646 plentyH7646 of foodH3899, But one who followsH7291 emptyH7386 pursuits will haveH7646 plentyH7646 of povertyH7389.20A 17faithfulH530 personH376 will aboundH7227 with blessingsH1293, But one who 18hurriesH213 to beH6238 richH6238 will not goH5352 unpunishedH5352.

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Notes

  1. 1. Proverbs 28:12 Prov 11:10; 29:2 ↩
  2. 2. Proverbs 28:12 Prov 28:28; Eccl 10:5, 6 ↩
  3. 3. Proverbs 28:12 Lit will be searched for ↩
  4. 4. Proverbs 28:13 Job 31:33; Ps 32:3 ↩
  5. 5. Proverbs 28:13 Ps 32:5; 1 John 1:9 ↩
  6. 6. Proverbs 28:14 Prov 23:17 ↩
  7. 7. Proverbs 28:14 Ps 95:8; Rom 2:5 ↩
  8. 8. Proverbs 28:15 Prov 19:12; 1 Pet 5:8 ↩
  9. 9. Proverbs 28:15 Ex 1:14; Prov 29:2; Matt 2:16 ↩
  10. 10. Proverbs 28:16 Eccl 10:16; Is 3:12 ↩
  11. 11. Proverbs 28:17 Gen 9:6; Ex 21:14 ↩
  12. 12. Proverbs 28:17 Lit flee to the pit ↩
  13. 13. Proverbs 28:18 Lit perverse of two ways ↩
  14. 14. Proverbs 28:18 Prov 10:27 ↩
  15. 15. Proverbs 28:19 Prov 12:11 ↩
  16. 16. Proverbs 28:19 Prov 20:13 ↩
  17. 17. Proverbs 28:20 Prov 10:6; Matt 24:45; 25:21 ↩
  18. 18. Proverbs 28:20 Prov 20:21; 28:22; 1 Tim 6:9 ↩

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