3 One who is poor and extorts from the lowlyis a devastating rain that leaves no food.
4 Those who abandon instruction praise the wicked,but those who keep instruction oppose them.
5 The evil understand nothing of justice,but those who seek the Lord understand everything.
6 Better to be poor and walk in integritythan rich and crooked in one’s ways.
7 Whoever heeds instruction is a wise son,but whoever joins with wastrels disgraces his father.
8 Whoever amasses wealth by interest and overchargegathers it for the one who is kind to the poor.
9 Those who turn their ears from hearing instruction,even their prayer is an abomination.