Proverbs 28:2-7

²By the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof; but by a man of understanding and of knowledge, its stability is prolonged.

³A poor man who oppresseth the helpless is a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

⁴They that forsake the law praise the wicked; but such as keep the law contend with them.

⁵Evil men understand not judgment; but they that seek Jehovah understand everything.

⁶Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse, double in ways, though he be rich.

⁷Whoso observeth the law is a son that hath understanding; but he that is a companion of profligates bringeth shame to his father.