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26 He who trusts in his own heart[a] is a fool,
    but he who walks in wisdom will be saved.
27 For he who gives to the poor, there is no lacking,
    but for he[b] who turns his eyes, there are many curses.
28 With the rising of the wicked, humankind will be hidden,
    and with their perishing, the righteous will multiply.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:26 Or “mind,” or “sense”
  2. Proverbs 28:27 Hebrew “those”