Proverbs 28:5-13

⁵Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all.

⁶Better is the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.

⁷Whoso is keeping the law is an intelligent son, And a friend of gluttons, Doth cause his father to blush.

⁸Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.

⁹Whoso is turning his ear from hearing the law, Even his prayer is an abomination.

¹⁰Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.

¹¹A rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.

¹²In the exulting of the righteous the glory is abundant, And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive.

¹³Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.