Proverbs

¹The wicked flee though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion. ²When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers, but a ruler with discernment and knowledge maintains order. ³A ruler who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no crops. ⁴Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked, but those who heed it resist them. ⁵Evildoers do not understand what is right, but those who seek the Lord understand it fully. ⁶Better the poor whose walk is blameless than the rich whose ways are perverse. ⁷A discerning son heeds instruction, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.