Proverbs 28:15-17

The Voice

¹⁵ Like a roaring lion or a charging bear,
    so is a wicked man ruling over an impoverished people.
¹⁶ A leader who lacks intelligence cruelly oppresses the people,
    but one who hates corruption will prosper and live a long life.

¹⁷ A man guilty of murder is a fugitive,
    fleeing to the nearest hole in the ground but not escaping death’s cold pit.
    Don’t do anything to save him.