⁸ A bribe works like a charm for the person who gives it.
Wherever he turns, he prospers.

²³ A wicked person secretly accepts a bribe
to pervert the ways of justice.

²¹ An inheritance easily obtained^[a] in the beginning
    will not be blessed in the end.

³ Practicing righteousness and justice
    is more acceptable to the Lord than a sacrifice.

⁶ Piling up treasure by a lying tongue
    is a vanishing vapor for those who seek death.
⁷ The violence of the wicked will drag them away,
because they refuse to do what is just.
⁸ A guilty person’s way is very crooked,
but the conduct of a pure person is straight.

²³ These sayings also are by the wise:
To show partiality when administering justice is not good.
²⁴ If anyone says to a guilty person, “You are innocent,”
people will curse him. Nations will denounce him.
²⁵ However, it will be pleasant for those who convict the guilty.
A wonderful blessing will come upon them.

³ A poor man who oppresses the poor
    is a driving rain that leaves no food.

⁶ Better a poor person who walks in his integrity
    than a rich person who is hypocritical.^[a]

⁸ A person who increases his wealth by piling up interest
    gathers it for someone who is generous to the needy.