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Righteousness, Wickedness, and Governance
Proverbs 28:1-12
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¶ The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
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¶ For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
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¶ A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
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¶ They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
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¶ Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
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¶ Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
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¶ Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
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¶ He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
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¶ He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
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¶ Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
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¶ The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
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¶ When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
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