⁸ The bribe is a stone of magic in the eyes of its owner;^[a]
    everywhere^[b] he will turn, he will prosper.

²³ The wicked will accept a bribe from the lap,
    in order to pervert the ways of justice.

²¹ An inheritance acquired hastily at the beginning^[a]
    will not be blessed at its end.

³ Doing righteousness and justice is more acceptable
    to Yahweh than sacrifice.

⁶ He who makes treasure by a lying tongue
    is a fleeting vapor and seeker^[a] of death.
⁷ The violence of the wicked will sweep them away,
    for they refuse to do justice.
⁸ Crooked is the way of a man and a foreigner,
    but the pure is upright in his conduct.

²² Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
    and do not crush the afflicted at the gate;
²³ For Yahweh will plead their case
    and despoil those who despoil them of life.^[a]

²³ These sayings are also for the wise:
    Partiality^[a] in judgment is not good.
²⁴ Whoever says to the guilty, “You are righteous,” the people will curse him;
    the nations will abhor him.
²⁵ But they who rebuke will have delight,
    and upon them blessings of goodness will come.
²⁶ He will kiss the lips,
    he who gives an honest answer.

³ A man who is poor and oppresses the impoverished
    is a beating rain that leaves^[a] no food.

⁶ Better to be poor and walking in one’s integrity
    than to be crooked of ways when one is rich.

⁸ He who augments his wealth with interest and with usury
    gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.