Proverbs 28:16

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

1 Kings 12:10

And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Thus shall you speak to this people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but do you lighten it for us’; thus shall you say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.

1 Kings 12:14

he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.”

Nehemiah 5:15

The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens upon the people, and took from them food and wine, besides forty shekels of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God.

Exodus 18:21

Moreover choose able men from all the people, such as fear God, men who are trustworthy and who hate a bribe; and place such men over the people as rulers of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

Proverbs 15:27

He who is greedy for unjust gain makes trouble for his household, but he who hates bribes will live.

Ecclesiastes 10:16

Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes feast in the morning!

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I saw all the oppressions that are practiced under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.

Isaiah 3:12

My people—children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, your leaders mislead you, and confuse the course of your paths.

Amos 4:1

“Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their husbands, ‘Bring, that we may drink!’