1. Wise judges will instruct their people,and an intelligent person’s rulewill be orderly.
2. As the people’s judges are,so will their officials be,and as the ruler of a city is,so also are all of its inhabitants.
3. An uneducated king will ruin his people,and a city is foundedon the intelligence of its rulers.
4. Authority over the earthbelongs to the Lord,and he will identify the personwho is right for the time.
5. A people’s success belongs to the Lord,and he will give gloryto the legal expert.
6. Don’t become angry with your neighbor over every wrong,and don’t do anything that offersa flagrant insult.
7. Arrogance is hateful to God and people,and injustice is wrong to both.
8. Sovereignty passes fromnation to nationbecause of injustice, pride, and money.
9. How can dust and ashes be arrogant?Even when they are alive,human bodies are decaying.