2. If a land is rebellious, its princes will be many;but with an intelligent and wise ruler there is stability.
3. One who is poor and extorts from the lowlyis a devastating rain that leaves no food.
4. Those who abandon instruction praise the wicked,but those who keep instruction oppose them.
5. The evil understand nothing of justice,but those who seek the Lord understand everything.
6. Better to be poor and walk in integritythan rich and crooked in one’s ways.
7. Whoever heeds instruction is a wise son,but whoever joins with wastrels disgraces his father.
8. Whoever amasses wealth by interest and overchargegathers it for the one who is kind to the poor.
9. Those who turn their ears from hearing instruction,even their prayer is an abomination.