15. A growling lion, and a ranging bear, [Is] the wicked ruler over a poor people.
16. A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days.
17. A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.
18. Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.
19. Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied [with] bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled [with] poverty.
20. A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.
21. To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.
22. Troubled for wealth [is] the man [with] an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.
23. Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.