1 The wicked flee when no one is pursuing, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
2 When a country is in rebellion, it has many rulers, but a man of discernment and knowledge maintains order.
3 A poor man who oppresses the weak is like pounding rain without food.
4 Those who forsake Torah praise the wicked, but those who keep Torah stir them up.
5 Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek Adonai understand it fully.
6 Better the poor who walks in his integrity than the rich whose ways are crooked.