1. Evil people run even though no one is chasing them.But good people are as brave as a lion.
2. When a country is disobedient, it has one ruler after another.But when it is led by a man with understanding and knowledge, it continues strong.
3. Rulers who are cruel to the poorare like a hard rain that destroys the crops.
4. People who disobey what they have been taught praise the wicked.But those who obey what they have been taught are against the wicked.
5. Evil people do not understand fairness.But those who follow the Lord understand it completely.
6. It is better to be poor and innocentthan to be rich and wicked.
7. The son who obeys what he has been taughtshows he is wise.But the son who makes friends with those who have no self-controldisgraces his father.
8. Some people get rich by overcharging others.But their wealth will be given to those who are kind to the poor.
9. If you refuse to obey what you have been taught,your prayers will not be heard.