3 (A)A poor man who oppresses the poor
Is like a driving rain which leaves no food.
4 (B)Those who forsake the law praise the wicked,
(C)But such as keep the law contend with them.
5 (D)Evil men do not understand justice,
But (E)those who seek the Lord understand all.
6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than one perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
7 Whoever keeps the law is a discerning son,
But a companion of gluttons shames his father.
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