2 For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by men of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
3 A needy man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
6 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of gluttonous men shameth his father.
8 He that augmenteth his substance by usury and increase, gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.