Proverbs 28:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

A heartless leader is a fool, but anyone who refuses to get rich by cheating others will live a long time.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:10

His younger advisers said: Here's what we think you should say to them: “Compared to me, my father was weak.

1 Kings 12:14

He spoke bluntly and told them exactly what his own advisers had suggested: “My father made you work hard, but I'll make you work even harder. He punished you with whips, but I'll use whips with pieces of sharp metal!”

Nehemiah 5:15

Each governor before me had been a burden to the people by making them pay for his food and wine and by demanding forty silver coins a day. Even their officials had been a burden to the people. But I respected God, and I didn't think it was right to be so hard on them.

Exodus 18:21

You will need to appoint some competent leaders who respect God and are trustworthy and honest. Then put them over groups of ten, fifty, a hundred, and a thousand.

Proverbs 15:27

Being greedy causes trouble for your family, but you protect yourself by refusing bribes.

Ecclesiastes 10:16

A country is in for trouble when its ruler is childish, and its leaders feast all day long.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

I looked again and saw people being ill-treated everywhere on earth. They were crying, but no one was there to offer comfort, and those who ill-treated them were powerful.

Isaiah 3:12

Though you are God's people, you are ruled and abused by women and children. You are confused by leaders who guide you down the wrong path.

Amos 4:1

You women of Samaria are fat cows! You ill-treat and abuse the poor and needy, then you say to your husbands, “Bring us more drinks!”