Proverbs 28:18-28

New International Version

¹⁸The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe,^(A)
but the one whose ways are perverse will fall^(B) into the pit.^[a]

¹⁹Those who work their land will have abundant food,
but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.^(C)

²⁰A faithful person will be richly blessed,
but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.^(D)

²¹To show partiality^(E) is not good^(F)—
yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread.^(G)

²²The stingy are eager to get rich
and are unaware that poverty awaits them.^(H)

²³Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor
rather than one who has a flattering tongue.^(I)

²⁴Whoever robs their father or mother^(J)
and says, “It’s not wrong,”
is partner to one who destroys.^(K)

²⁵The greedy stir up conflict,^(L)
but those who trust in the Lord^(M) will prosper.

²⁶Those who trust in themselves are fools,^(N)
but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe.^(O)

²⁷Those who give to the poor will lack nothing,^(P)
but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses.^(Q)

²⁸When the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding;^(R)
but when the wicked perish, the righteous thrive.

Proverbs 28:18-28

King James Version

¹⁸Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

¹⁹He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

²⁰A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

²¹To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

²²He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

²³He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

²⁴Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.

²⁵He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.

²⁶He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

²⁷He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

²⁸When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.

New International Version (NIV)