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28:12 When the righteous <06662> rejoice <05970>, great <07227> is the glory <08597>, but when the wicked <07563> rise <06965> to power, people <0120> are sought out <02664>. 28:13 The one who covers <03680> his transgressions <06588> will not <03808> prosper <06743>, but whoever confesses <03034> them and forsakes <05800> them will find mercy <07355>. 28:14 Blessed <0835> is the one <0120> who is always <08548> cautious <06342>, but whoever hardens <07185> his heart <03820> will fall <05307> into evil <07451>. 28:15 Like a roaring <05098> lion <0738> or a roving <08264> bear <01677>, so is a wicked <07563> ruler <04910> over <05921> a poor <01800> people <05971>. 28:16 The prince <05057> who is a great <07227> oppressor <04642> lacks <02638> wisdom <08394>, but the one who hates <08130> unjust gain <01215> will prolong <0748> his days <03117>. 28:17 The one <0120> who is tormented <06231> by the murder <05315> <01818> of another will flee <05127> to the pit <0953>; let no <0408> one support <08551> him. 28:18 The one who walks <01980> blamelessly <08549> will be delivered <03467>, but whoever is perverse <06140> in his ways <01870> will fall <05307> at once <0259>. 28:19 The one who works <05647> his land <0127> will be satisfied <07646> with food <03899>, but whoever chases <07291> daydreams <07386> will have his fill <07646> of poverty <07389>. 28:20 A faithful <0530> person <0376> will have an abundance <07227> of blessings <01293>, but the one who hastens <0213> to gain riches <06238> will not <03808> go unpunished <05352>. 28:21 To show partiality <05234> is terrible <02896> <03808>, for a person <01397> will transgress <06586> over <05921> the smallest piece <06595> of bread <03899>. 28:22 The stingy person <05869> <07451> <0376> hastens <0926> after riches <01952> and does not <03808> know <03045> that <03588> poverty <02639> will overtake <0935> him. 28:23 The one who reproves <03198> another <0120> will in the end <0310> find <04672> more favor <02580> than the one who flatters <02505> with the tongue <03956>. 28:24 The one who robs <01497> his father <01> and mother <0517> and says <0559>, “There is no <0369> transgression <06588>,” is a companion <02270> to the one <0376> who destroys <07843>. 28:25 The greedy <07342> person <05315> stirs up <01624> dissension <04066>, but the one who trusts <0982> in <05921> the Lord <03068> will prosper <01878>. 28:26 The one who trusts <0982> in his <01931> own heart <03820> is a fool <03684>, but the one <01931> who walks <01980> in wisdom <02451> will escape <04422>. 28:27 The one who gives <05414> to the poor <07326> will not <0369> lack <04270>, but whoever shuts <05956> his eyes <05869> to them will receive many <07227> curses <03994>. 28:28 When the wicked <07563> gain control <06965>, people <0120> hide <05641> themselves, but when they perish <06>, the righteous <06662> increase <07235>.

• Pro 25:1--29:27 -- Proverbs of Solomon Collected by Hezekiah

• Wicked

  [nave] WICKED Compared with: Abominable branches, Isa. 14:19; ashes under the feet, Mal. 4:3; bad fishes, Matt. 13:48; beasts, Psa. 49:12; 2 Pet. 2:12; the blind, Zeph. 1:17; Matt. 15:14; bronze and iron, Jer. 6:28; Ezek. 22:18; br...
  

• WISDOM

  [isbe] WISDOM - wiz'-dum: 1. Linguistic 2. History 3. Religious Basis 4. Ideals 5. Teaching of Christ 6. Remainder of the New Testament (1) James (2) Paul 7. Hypostasis LITERATURE 1. Linguistic: In the Revised Version (British and ...
  

• Self-righteousness

  [nave] SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS. Num. 16:3; Deut. 9:4-6; 1 Sam. 2:9; Job 6:13; Job 11:4-6; Job 12:2; Job 13:3, 13, 15, 19; Job 16:17, 18; Job 18:2-4; Job 21:27-29; Job 22:2, 3; Job 32:1, 2; Job 33:8, 9; Job 35:2, 7, 8; Psa. 10:5, 6; Pro...
  

• Rulers

  [nave] RULERS Appointed and removed by God. See: Government, God in. Chastised, Dan. 4. See: Nation. Monarchical, See: Kings. Patriarchal, Gen. 27:29, 37. Instances of Nimrod, Gen. 10:8-10. Abraham, Gen. 14:13-24; 17:6; 21:2...
  

• Riches

  [nave] RICHES. Deut. 6:10-12; Deut. 8:10-18; Deut. 31:20; Deut. 32:15; 1 Sam. 2:7; Psa. 37:16; Prov. 10:2, 22; Prov. 11:4, 28; Prov. 13:7, 8; Prov. 14:24; Prov. 15:6, 16, 17; Prov. 16:8; Prov. 19:4; Prov. 21:6; Prov. 23:4, 5; Prov...
  

• RULER

  [isbe] RULER - rool'-er: 1. In the Old Testament: (1) moshel, "ruler," "prince," "master" (tyrant), applied to Joseph in Egypt (Gen 45:8; compare Ps 105:21); to the Philistines (Jdg 15:11); to David's descendants, the future kings ...
  

• RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY

  [isbe] RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY - re-la'-shun-ships: I. CONSANGUINITY 1. In General 2. Parents and Children 3. Brothers and Sisters 4. Uncles, Aunts, Cousins, Kinsmen II. AFFINITY 1. Husband and Wife 2. Father-in-Law, etc. 3. Brother-...
  

• RANGE

  [isbe] RANGE - ranj: "Range" and "rank" have the same derivation, and in the sense of a "row" (of men, etc.) they were formerly interchangeable. "Range" with this meaning is found in 2 Ki 11:8,15 the King James Version parallel 2 C...
  

• Poverty

  [isbe] POVERTY - pov'-er-ti: 1. Old Testament References: This word, found but once in the Old Testament (Gen 45:11) outside of the Book of Proverbs in which it occurs 11 times (6:11; 10:15; 11:24 the King James Version; 13:18; 20:...
  [nave] POVERTY. Prov. 6:11; Prov. 10:15; Prov. 15:16; Prov. 16:8 Eccl. 4:6. Prov. 20:13; Prov. 23:21; Prov. 24:33, 34; Prov. 28:19; Prov. 30:8, 9 See: Poor, The.
  

• Poor

  [isbe] POOR - poor ('ebhyon, dal, `ani, rush; ptochos): I. In the Old Testament. The poor have great prominence in the Bible; it is said, indeed, that there should be no poor among the Hebrews because Yahweh should so greatly bless...
  [nave] POOR Atonement money of, uniform with that of the rich, Ex. 30:15. Inexpensive offerings of the poor, Lev. 5:7; 12:8; 14:21, 22. See: Beneficence; Giving; Liberality; Orphans; Poverty; Widow. Also See: Rich; Riches. Uncl...
  

• PROLONG

  [isbe] PROLONG - pro-long' ('arakh, mashakh): "Prolong," "prolonged" are the translations of 'arakh, "to stretch," "to make long" (Dt 4:26, and frequently, "prolong days"; 4:40, etc.; Job 6:11 the King James Version; Prov 28:16; Ec...
  

• PRINCE

  [isbe] PRINCE - prins: This word occurs quite frequently in our English Bible, mostly in the Old Testament. While it is never used to denote royal parentage (compare 1 Ch 29:24), it often indicates actual royal or ruling power, tog...
  

• PALESTINE, 2

  [isbe] PALESTINE, 2 - III. Palestine in the Historic Books of the Old Testament. 1. Book of Joshua: Joshua is the great geographical book of the Old Testament; and the large majority of the 600 names of places, rivers and mountains...
  

• Impenitence

  [nave] IMPENITENCE. Lev. 23:26-29; Lev. 26:21 vs. 22-24.; Deut. 29:19-21; 1 Sam. 15:23; Job 9:2, 4; Job 24:13; Job 33:14; Psa. 7:11, 12 v. 13.; Psa. 10:3; Psa. 32:9; Psa. 50:17, 21; Psa. 52:1, 7; Psa. 58:3-5; Psa. 68:21; Psa. 78:8...
  

• Heart

  [ebd] According to the Bible, the heart is the centre not only of spiritual activity, but of all the operations of human life. "Heart" and "soul" are often used interchangeably (Deut. 6:5; 26:16; comp. Matt. 22:37; Mark 12:30, 33)...
  [nave] HEART, seat of the affections. Renewed Deut. 30:6; Psa. 51:10; Ezek. 11:19; 18:31; 36:26; Rom. 2:29; Eph. 4:23; Col. 3:10. Regenerated, John 3:3, 7. Graciously affected of God, 1 Sam. 10:26; 1 Chr. 29:18; Ezra 6:22; 7:27;...
  

• HIDDEN

  [isbe] HIDDEN - hid'-'n: The translation of Taman, "to hide," "to bury" (Job 3:16); of tsaphan "to conceal," "store up" (Job 15:20, "The number of years is hidden to the oppressor," the Revised Version (British and American) "even ...
  

• FOOL; FOLLY

  [isbe] FOOL; FOLLY - fool nabhal, 'ewil, kecil, cakhal and forms; aphron, aphrosune, moros): I. In the Old Testament. 1. General: Taking the words generally, apart from the Wisdom literature, we find nabhal frequently translated "f...
  

• EYE

  [isbe] EYE - i (`ayin; ophthalmos): (1) The physical organ of sight, "the lamp of the body" (Mt 6:22), one of the chief channels of information for man. A cruel custom therefore sanctioned among heathen nations the putting out of t...
  

• EVIL EYE

  [isbe] EVIL EYE - (ra` `ayin, "evil of eye"; ophthalmos poneros): The superstition of the influence of the "evil eye," so widely spread over the earth, has had a mighty influence on life and language in Palestine, though direct ref...
  

• CONFESSION

  [isbe] CONFESSION - kon-fesh'-un (yadhah; homologeo, and their derivatives): The radical meaning is "acknowledgment," "avowal," with the implication of a change of conviction or of course of conduct on the part of the subject. In E...
  

• Poor and Rich

  

• Rebuke and Discipline

  

• [Pro 28:14] Thrice Happy Souls

  Thrice happy souls, who, born from Heav’n, While yet they sojourn here, Humbly begin their days with God, And spend them in His fear, And spend them in His fear. So may our eyes with holy zeal, Prevent the dawning day, And turn the sacred pages o’er, And praise Thy Name and pray, And praise Thy Name and pray. Midst hourly cares my love presents Its incense to Thy throne; And while the world our hands employs, Our hearts be Thine alone, Our hearts be Thine alone. As sanctified to noblest ends, By each refreshment sought, And by each various providence, Some wise instruction brought, Some wise instruction brought.

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• Who Are the "Blessed" We So Often Read About in the Bible?
  They are whom God chooses and calls (Ps. 65:4; Isa. 51:2; Rev. 19:9); they know Christ and his Gospel, believe and are not offended at Christ (Matt 16:16,17; Ps. 89:15; Matt 11:6; Luke 1:45). Their sins are forgiven and God i...
• I gave money to a church for a building project that never happened. I asked for my money back and they told me it was gone. What can I do?
  I am sad to read your question because it appears that your money was not used for the purpose for which it was given. Not all churches are as careful about the raising and using of money as the apostle Paul: 18 And we are ...
• Why Is Liberality to Be Commended?
  It is pleasing to God. He never forgets it. Christ set an example of it. And it is characteristic of Saints (II Cor. 9:7; Heb. 6:10; II Cor. 8:9; Ps. 112:9). This good quality should be exercised in the service of God towards...

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