1. The wicked run when no one is chasing them, but an honest person is as brave as a lion.
2. When a nation sins, it will have one ruler after another. But a nation will be strong and endure when it has intelligent, sensible leaders.
3. Someone in authority who oppresses poor people is like a driving rain that destroys the crops.
4. If you have no regard for the law, you are on the side of the wicked; but if you obey it, you are against them.
5. Evil people do not know what justice is, but those who worship the Lord understand it well.
6. Better to be poor and honest than rich and dishonest.
7. A young man who obeys the law is intelligent. One who makes friends with good-for-nothings is a disgrace to his father.
8. If you get rich by charging interest and taking advantage of people, your wealth will go to someone who is kind to the poor.