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28 The wicked (A)flee when there is no one pursuing,
But the righteous are [a]secure as a lion.
By the transgression of a land (B)many are its princes,
But (C)by a man who understands, who knows, so it endures.
A (D)poor man who oppresses the lowly
Is a driving rain [b]which leaves no food.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:1 Lit trusting
  2. Proverbs 28:3 Lit and there is no bread