Proverbios 28

1Huye el impío sin que nadie le persiga; el justo, como león, se siente seguro.

2Por sus pecados un país tiene muchos gobernantes, pero uno, sabio y prudente, hace el orden estable.

3El pobre que oprime a los pobres, es como una lluvia que arrastra todo y trae carestía.

4Los que abandonan la Ley, alaban al malvado; los que la guardan, contra él se indignan.

5Los malos no entienden lo que es justo; pero quien busca a Yahvé lo entiende todo.

6Más vale un pobre que vive rectamente, que un acaudalado de perversas costumbres.

7El que observa la Ley es hijo prudente: mas quien es compañero de comilones deshonra a su padre.

8Quien con logro y usura aumenta sus riquezas, las acumula para el que tiene compasión de los pobres.

9El que aparta su oído para no oír la Ley, su misma oración es objeto de maldición.

10Quien extravía a buenos llevándolos por malas sendas caerá él mismo en su propia fosa, y los buenos heredarán sus bienes.

11El rico se tiene por sabio; pero un pobre inteligente le quita la máscara.

12Cuando triunfan los justos hay gran gloria, pero cuando se encumbran los malos, se esconden todos.

13El que encubre sus pecados no prosperará, mas el que los confiesa y abandona, conseguirá perdón.

14Bienaventurado el hombre que anda siempre temeroso; los de duro corazón caen en el mal.

15León rugiente y oso hambriento, tal es un príncipe malo, que reina sobre un pueblo pobre.

16El príncipe falto de prudencia será un gran opresor; pero el que odia la codicia, vivirá muchos años.

17El hombre reo de sangre humana, corre al sepulcro; ¡no se lo detenga!

18Quien anda en integridad será salvo, mas el que anda por caminos perversos al fin caerá.

19Quien labra su tierra, tendrá pan en abundancia, quien se junta con los ociosos se saciará de pobreza.

20El hombre probo será colmado de bendiciones; mas el que se afana por atesorar no quedará impune.

21No es bueno hacer acepción de personas; hay hombres que hacen un crimen por un bocado de pan.

22El envidioso va apurado tras las riquezas; no advierte que le sobrevendrá la pobreza.

23Quien a otro corrige, halla después mayor gracia que aquel que lisonjea con la lengua.

24El que roba algo a su padre y a su madre, y dice: “No es pecado”, es compañero del criminal.

25El hombre codicioso suscita querellas, mas el que espera en Yahvé prosperará.

26El que confía en sí mismo, es un insensato; quien procede con sabiduría, ese será salvo.

27El que da al pobre, no padecerá penuria; quien aparta de él los ojos será colmado de maldiciones.

28Cuando se levantan los malvados, se esconden los hombres; mas cuando perecen, crece el número de los justos.

1[Fugit impius nemine persequente; justus autem, quasi leo confidens, absque terrore erit.

2Propter peccata terræ multi principes ejus; et propter hominis sapientiam, et horum scientiam quæ dicuntur, vita ducis longior erit.

3Vir pauper calumnians pauperes similis est imbri vehementi in quo paratur fames.]

4[Qui derelinquunt legem laudant impium; qui custodiunt, succenduntur contra eum.

5Viri mali non cogitant judicium; qui autem inquirunt Dominum animadvertunt omnia.

6Melior est pauper ambulans in simplicitate sua quam dives in pravis itineribus.

7Qui custodit legem filius sapiens est; qui autem comessatores pascit confundit patrem suum.

8Qui coacervat divitias usuris et fœnore, liberali in pauperes congregat eas.

9Qui declinat aures suas ne audiat legem, oratio ejus erit execrabilis.

10Qui decipit justos in via mala, in interitu suo corruet, et simplices possidebunt bona ejus.

11Sapiens sibi videtur vir dives; pauper autem prudens scrutabitur eum.

12In exsultatione justorum multa gloria est; regnantibus impiis, ruinæ hominum.

13Qui abscondit scelera sua non dirigetur; qui autem confessus fuerit et reliquerit ea, misericordiam consequetur.

14Beatus homo qui semper est pavidus; qui vero mentis est duræ corruet in malum.

15Leo rugiens et ursus esuriens, princeps impius super populum pauperem.

16Dux indigens prudentia multos opprimet per calumniam; qui autem odit avaritiam, longi fient dies ejus.

17Hominem qui calumniatur animæ sanguinem, si usque ad lacum fugerit, nemo sustinet.

18Qui ambulat simpliciter salvus erit; qui perversis graditur viis concidet semel.

19Qui operatur terram suam satiabitur panibus; qui autem sectatur otium replebitur egestate.]

20[Vir fidelis multum laudabitur; qui autem festinat ditari non erit innocens.

21Qui cognoscit in judicio faciem non bene facit; iste et pro buccella panis deserit veritatem.

22Vir qui festinat ditari, et aliis invidet, ignorat quod egestas superveniet ei.

23Qui corripit hominem gratiam postea inveniet apud eum, magis quam ille qui per linguæ blandimenta decipit.

24Qui subtrahit aliquid a patre suo et a matre, et dicit hoc non esse peccatum, particeps homicidæ est.

25Qui se jactat et dilatat, jurgia concitat; qui vero sperat in Domino sanabitur.

26Qui confidit in corde suo stultus est; qui autem graditur sapienter, ipse salvabitur.

27Qui dat pauperi non indigebit; qui despicit deprecantem sustinebit penuriam.

28Cum surrexerint impii, abscondentur homines; cum illi perierint, multiplicabuntur justi.]

1The wicked man fleeth, when no man pursueth: but the just, bold as a lion, shall be without dread.

2For the sins of the land many are the princes thereof: and for the wisdom of a man, and the knowledge of those things that are said, the life of the prince shall be prolonged.

3A poor man that oppresseth the poor, is like a violent shower, which bringeth a famine.

4They that forsake the law, praise the wicked man: they that keep it, are incensed against him.

5Evil men think not on judgment: but they that seek after the Lord, take notice of all things.

6Better is the poor man walking in his simplicity, than the rich in crooked ways.

7He that keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that feedeth gluttons, shameth his father.

8He that heapeth together riches by usury and loan, gathereth them for him that will be bountiful to the poor.

9He that turneth away his ears from hearing the law, his prayer shall be as abomination.

10He that deceiveth the just in a wicked way, shall fall in his own destruction: and the upright shall possess his goods.

11The rich man seemeth to himself wise: but the poor man that is prudent shall search him out.

12In the joy of the just there is great glory: when the wicked reign, men are ruined.

13He that hideth his sins, shall not prosper: but he that shall confess, and forsake them, shall obtain mercy.

14Blessed is the man that is always fearful: but he that is hardened in mind, shall fall into evil.

15As a roaring lion, and a hungry bear, so is a wicked prince over the poor people.

16A prince void of prudence shall oppress many by calumny: but he that hateth covetousness, shall prolong his days.

17A man that doth violence to the blood of a person, if he flee even to the pit, no man will stay him.

18He that walketh uprightly, shall be saved: he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

19He that tilleth his ground, shall be filled with bread: but he that followeth idleness shall be filled with poverty.

20A faithful man shall be much praised: but he that maketh haste to be rich, shall not be innocent.

21He that hath respect to a person in judgment, doth not well: such a man even for a morsel of bread forsaketh the truth.

22A man, that maketh haste to be rich, and envieth others, is ignorant that poverty shall come upon him.

23He that rebuketh a man, shall afterward find favour with him, more than he that by a flattering tongue deceiveth him.

24He that stealeth any thing from his father, or from his mother: and saith, This is no sin, is the partner of a murderer.

25He that boasteth, and puffeth up himself, stirreth up quarrels: but he that trusteth in the Lord, shall be healed.

26He that trusteth in his own heart, is a fool: but he that walketh wisely, he shall be saved.

27He that giveth to the poor, shall not want: he that despiseth his entreaty, shall suffer indigence.

28When the wicked rise up, men shall hide themselves: when they perish, the lust shall be multiplied.