2. By the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof; but by a man of understanding and of knowledge, its stability is prolonged.
3. A poor man who oppresseth the helpless is a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
4. They that forsake the law praise the wicked; but such as keep the law contend with them.
5. Evil men understand not judgment; but they that seek Jehovah understand everything.
6. Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse, double in ways, though he be rich.