Proverbs [Sayings] 28:3-8

³A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.

⁴Those who forsake the Torah ·Teaching· praise the wicked; but those who keep the Torah ·Teaching· contend with them.

⁵Evil men don’t understand mishpat ·justice·; but those who seek Adonai understand it fully.

⁶Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

⁷Whoever keeps the Torah ·Teaching· is a wise son; but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.

⁸He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.