Proverbs 28:16

Y'all Version Bible

A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days.

Cross References

Exodus 18:21

Moreover you should select from all the people able men who fear God, men of truth who hate unjust gain. Appoint them as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Isaiah 3:12

As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people, those who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. Look, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

Nehemiah 5:15

But the former governors who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, plus forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people, but I didn’t do so, because of the fear of God.

1 Kings 12:14

and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made y’all’s yoke heavy, but I will increase y’all’s yoke. My father disciplined y’all with whips, but I will discipline y’all with scorpions.”

1 Kings 12:10

The young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Tell these people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter to us’— tell them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.

Amos 4:1

Y’all must listen to this word, cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husbands, “Bring us drinks!”

Ecclesiastes 10:16

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

Proverbs 15:27

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.