Catholic Public Domain Version
"A just king guides the land. A man of avarice will destroy it. "
— Proverbs 29:4, Catholic Public Domain Version
“The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.”
“The king by justice establisheth the land; But he that exacteth gifts overthroweth it. ”
“The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down.”
“A king brings stability to a land by justice, but one who exacts tribute tears it down.”
“A just king setteth up the land: a covetous man shall destroy it.”
“A king, by right rule, makes the land safe; but one full of desires makes it a waste.”
The man who, with a stiff neck, treats the one who corrects him with contempt will be suddenly overwhelmed to his own destruction, and reason shall not follow him.
When just men are multiplied, the common people shall rejoice. When the impious take up the leadership, the people shall mourn.
The man who loves wisdom rejoices his father. But whoever nurtures promiscuous women will lose his substance.
A just king guides the land. A man of avarice will destroy it.
A man who speaks to his friend with flattering and feigned words spreads a net for his own feet.
A snare will entangle the iniquitous when he sins. And the just shall praise and be glad.
The just knows the case of the poor. The impious is ignorant of knowledge.