1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Proverbs 28:1 | The wicked man fleeth, when no man pursueth: but the just, bold as a lion, shall be without dread. | Pursueth. "A crime is its own punishment." (Seneca, ep. 93.) (Leviticus 26:36.) --- Dread. Of any thing terrestrial, as long as the object of his love is not attacked, Romans 8:35. |
| Proverbs 28:2 | For 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. | Princes. Who each contend for the sovereign power. (Calmet) |
| Proverbs 28:3 | A poor man that oppresseth the poor, is like a violent shower, which bringeth a famine. | |
| Proverbs 28:4 | They that forsake the law, praise the wicked man: they that keep it, are incensed against him. | |
| Proverbs 28:5 | Evil men think not on judgment: but they that seek after the Lord, take notice of all things. | |
| Proverbs 28:6 | *Better is the poor man walking in his simplicity, than the rich in crooked ways. Proverbs 19:1. | |
| Proverbs 28:7 | He that keepeth the law, is a wise son: but he that feedeth gluttons, shameth his father. | |
| Proverbs 28:8 | He that heapeth together riches by usury and loan, gathereth them for him that will be bountiful to the poor. | Poor. It seldom happens that the unjust leave their riches to their children, Proverbs 13:22., and Job 27:16. |
| Proverbs 28:9 | He that turneth away his ears from hearing the law, his prayer shall be an abomination. | His. Septuagint, "he rendereth his prayer abominable." |
| Proverbs 28:10 | He that deceiveth the just in a wicked way, shall fall in his own destruction: and the upright shall possess his goods. | |
| Proverbs 28:11 | The rich man seemeth to himself wise: but the poor man that is prudent shall search him out. | |
| Proverbs 28:12 | In the joy of the just there is great glory: when the wicked reign, men are ruined. | |
| Proverbs 28:13 | He that hideth his sins, shall not prosper: but he that shall confess, and forsake them, shall obtain mercy. | Mercy. This is true repentance, which enjoins, "not only to bewail past sins, but also to amend." (St. Ambrose, 2:Pen. v.) --- Sacramental confession was not required of the Jews, but they confessed their sins, when they laid their hands on the victim, etc., Leviticus 4., and 5. (Calmet) |
| Proverbs 28:14 | Blessed is the man that is always fearful: but he that is hardened in mind, shall fall into evil. | |
| Proverbs 28:15 | As a roaring lion, and a hungry bear, so is a wicked prince over the poor people. | |
| Proverbs 28:16 | A prince void of prudence shall oppress many by calumny: but he that hateth covetousness, shall prolong his days. | Prudence. Septuagint, "riches." Poverty is a great temptation to people in authority, more than avarice itself. (Calmet) |
| Proverbs 28:17 | A man that doth violence to the blood of a person, if he flee even to the pit, no man will stay him. | |
| Proverbs 28:18 | He that walketh uprightly, shall be saved: he that is perverse in his ways, shall fall at once. | |
| Proverbs 28:19 | *He that tilleth his ground, shall be filled with bread: but he that followeth idleness, shall be filled with poverty. Proverbs 12:11.; Ecclesiasticus 20:30. | |
| Proverbs 28:20 | A faithful man shall be much praised: *but he that maketh haste to be rich, shall not be innocent. Proverbs 13:11.; Proverbs 20:21.; Proverbs 28:22. | Innocent. Unpunished, if he employ fraud, ver. 22., and Proverbs 13:21. |
| Proverbs 28:21 | He that hath respect to a person in judgment, doth not well: such a man even for a morsel of bread forsaketh the truth. | Forsaketh. Hebrew, "oppresseth (Septuagint, selleth) a man." (Calmet) --- Neither small nor great bribes must be taken. (Justinian) |
| Proverbs 28:22 | A man that maketh haste to be rich, and envieth others, is ignorant that poverty shall come upon him. | Poverty. Septuagint, "the merciful shall have power over him," ver. 8. (Haydock) |
| Proverbs 28:23 | He that rebuketh a man, shall afterward find favour with him, more than he that by a flattering tongue deceiveth him. | |
| Proverbs 28:24 | He that stealeth any thing from his father, or from his mother: and saith, This is no sin, is the partner of a murderer. | |
| Proverbs 28:25 | He that boasteth, and puffeth up himself, stirreth up quarrels: but he that trusteth in the Lord, shall be healed. | |
| Proverbs 28:26 | He that trusteth in his own heart, is a fool: but he that walketh wisely, he shall be saved. | |
| Proverbs 28:27 | He that giveth to the poor shall not want: he that despiseth his intreaty, shall suffer indigence. | |
| Proverbs 28:28 | When the wicked rise up, men shall hide themselves: when they perish, the just shall be multiplied. | Men. Septuagint, "the just groan," and all are under "apprehensions." (Calmet) |