Proverbs 28:16 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: But he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ A ruler who lacks understanding is [like a wicked one] a great oppressor, but he who hates covetousness and unjust gain shall prolong his days.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor; But he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ A prince without understanding is a cruel oppressor, but one who hates unjust gain will live long.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ A leader destitute of prudence will oppress many through false accusations. But whoever hates avarice shall prolong his days.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ A prince void of prudence shall oppress many by calumny: but he that hateth covetousness, shall prolong his days.

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁶ A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor, but he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.

Proverbs 28:16 Cross References

1 Kings 12:10

And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.

1 Kings 12:14

and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

Nehemiah 5:15

But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

Exodus 18:21

Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

Proverbs 15:27

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; But he that hateth gifts shall live.

Ecclesiastes 10:16

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

Ecclesiastes 4:1

So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

Isaiah 3:12

As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.