28 The wicked flee(A) though no one pursues,(B)
    but the righteous are as bold as a lion.(C)

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28 The wicked run away even though no one pursues them,
    but the righteous are as confident as a lion.

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

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

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Those who abandon Instruction praise the wicked,
    but those who follow Instruction battle them.
Evil people don’t understand justice,
    but those who seek the Lord understand everything.

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10 Whoever leads the upright along an evil path
    will fall into their own trap,(A)
    but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.

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10 Whoever misleads those who do right onto an evil path
    will fall into their own pit,
    but the blameless will inherit good things.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:18 Syriac (see Septuagint); Hebrew into one

18 Those who walk in innocence will be saved,
    but those who go on twisted paths will fall into the grave.

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