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23 Do not thou despise a just [or the rightwise] poor man; and do not thou magnify a rich sinful man.

24 The judge is great, and he is mighty in honour; and (or but) he is not greater than that man that dreadeth God. [Great is a judge, and the mighty is in worship; and (or but) he is not more than he that dreadeth God.]

25 Free children serve a witty (or a witting) servant; and a prudent man and learned shall not grudge (or grumble), when he is blamed, and an uncunning, (or an unknowing, or an ignorant) man shall not be honored. [To the servant well feeling (or perceiving) shall serve free men; and a man prudent and learned shall not grudge chastised, and the uncunning shall not be worshipped.]

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