7 The rich rule over the poor,and the borrower is slave to the lender.
8 Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.
9 The generous will themselves be blessed,for they share their food with the poor.
10 Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;quarrels and insults are ended.
11 One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with gracewill have the king for a friend.
12 The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
13 The sluggard says, ‘There’s a lion outside!I’ll be killed in the public square!’