Proverbs 28:1-4 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

1. The wicked flee when no one is pursuing, But the righteous are bold as a lion.

2. By the transgression of a land many are its princes, But by a man of understanding and knowledge, so it endures.

3. A poor man who oppresses the lowly Is like a driving rain which leaves no food.

4. Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, But those who keep the law strive with them.

Proverbs 28