Proverbs 28:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.”
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“A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor; Buthe that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 28:16 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 18:21Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
- 1 Kings 12:10The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!
- 1 Kings 12:14and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy, I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”
- Nehemiah 5:15The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.
- Proverbs 15:27He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.
- Ecclesiastes 4:1Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
- Isaiah 3:12Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.
- Isaiah 33:15He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
- Jeremiah 22:15Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him.
- Amos 4:1Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
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