Proverbs

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