(A)A poor man who oppresses the poor
Is like a driving rain [a]which leaves no food.

(B)Those who forsake the law praise the wicked,
(C)But such as keep the law contend with them.

(D)Evil men do not understand justice,
But (E)those who seek the Lord understand all.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than one perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

Whoever keeps the law is a discerning son,
But a companion of gluttons shames his father.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:3 Lit. and there is no bread

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