Proverbs 28:16

New American Bible - revised edition

The less prudent the rulers, the more oppressive their deeds. Those who hate ill-gotten gain prolong their days.

Cross References

1 Kings 12:10

The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is what you must say to this people who have told you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy; you lighten it for us.’ You must say, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.

1 Kings 12:14

He spoke to them as the young men had advised: “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will make it heavier. My father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions.”

Nehemiah 5:15

The earlier governors, my predecessors, had laid a heavy burden on the people, taking from them each day forty silver shekels for their food; then, too, their attendants oppressed the people. But I, because I feared God, did not do this.

Exodus 18:21

But you should also look among all the people for able and God-fearing men, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain, and set them over the people as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

Proverbs 15:27

The greedy tear down their own house, but those who hate bribes will live.

Ecclesiastes 10:16

Woe to you, O land, whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning!

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I saw all the oppressions that take place under the sun: the tears of the victims with none to comfort them! From the hand of their oppressors comes violence, and there is none to comfort them!

Isaiah 3:12

My people—infants oppress them, women rule over them! My people, your leaders deceive you, they confuse the paths you should follow.

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who live on the mount of Samaria: Who oppress the destitute and abuse the needy; Who say to your husbands, “Bring us a drink!”