Proverbs 28:3-5

Good News Translation

³Someone in authority who oppresses poor people is like a driving rain that destroys the crops.

⁴If you have no regard for the law, you are on the side of the wicked; but if you obey it, you are against them.

⁵Evil people do not know what justice is, but those who worship the Lord understand it well.

Proverbs 28:3-5

New International Version

³A ruler^[a] who oppresses the poor
is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.

⁴Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked,
but those who heed it resist them.

⁵Evildoers do not understand what is right,
but those who seek the Lord understand it fully.

Good News Translation (GNT)

New International Version (NIV)