3 A man who is poor and oppresses the impoverished is a beating rain that leaves no food.
4 Those who forsake instruction will praise the wicked, but they who guard instruction will struggle against them.
5 Men of evil do not understand justice, but seekers of Yahweh understand completely.
6 Better to be poor and walking in one’s integrity than to be crooked of ways when one is rich.
7 He who keeps instruction is a child of understanding, but the companion of gluttons will shame his father.
8 He who augments his wealth with interest and with usury gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.
9 He who turns his ear from listening to instruction, even his prayer is an abomination.