Verse 15
Proverbs 28:15
Young's Literal Translation
15
A growling lion, and a ranging bear, [Is] the wicked ruler over a poor people.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֲרִי נֹ֭הֵם וְ/דֹ֣ב שׁוֹקֵ֑ק מֹשֵׁ֥ל רָ֝שָׁ֗ע עַ֣ל עַם דָּֽל
English Translation
A lion roars and a bear growls; a wicked ruler rules over a needy people.
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Chapter 28 Context
1
The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.
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By the transgression of a land many [are] its heads. And by an intelligent man, Who knoweth right --...
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A man -- poor and oppressing the weak, [Is] a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.
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Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them.
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Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all.
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Better [is] the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.
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Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to b...
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Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.
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9
Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer [is] an abomination.
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10
Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect d...
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11
A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.
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12
In the exulting of the righteous the glory [is] abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is app...
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13
Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mer...
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14
O the happiness of a man fearing continually, And whoso is hardening his heart falleth into evil.
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15
A growling lion, and a ranging bear, [Is] the wicked ruler over a poor people.
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A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth da...
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A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.
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18
Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.
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Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied [with] bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled [with...
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20
A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.
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21
To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.
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22
Troubled for wealth [is] the man [with] an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.
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23
Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.
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24
Whoso is robbing his father, or his mother, And is saying, 'It is not transgression,' A companion he...
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25
Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat.
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26
Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.
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27
Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.
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28
In the rising of the wicked a man is hidden, And in their destruction the righteous multiply!
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