Proverbs
Chapters 28:17-23
Amplified Bible
17If a man willfully sheds the blood of a person [and keeps the guilt of murder upon his conscience], he is fleeing to the pit (the grave) and hastening to his own destruction; let no man stop him!
18He who walks uprightly shall be safe, but he who willfully goes in double and wrong ways shall fall in one of them.
19He who cultivates his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless people and pursuits will have poverty enough.
20A faithful man shall abound with blessings, but he who makes haste to be rich [at any cost] shall not go unpunished. [Prov. 13:11; 20:21; 23:4; I Tim. 6:9.]
21To have respect of persons and to show partiality is not good, neither is it good that man should transgress for a piece of bread.
22He who has an evil and covetous eye hastens to be rich and knows not that want will come upon him. [Prov. 21:5; 28:20.]
23He who rebukes a man shall afterward find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.