1. The impious flees, though no one pursues. But the just, like a confident lion, shall be without dread.
2. Because of the sins of the land, it has many princes. And because of the wisdom of a man, and the knowledge of those things that are said, the life of the leader shall be prolonged.
3. A poor man slandering the poor is like a violent rainstorm in advance of a famine.
4. Those who abandon the law praise the impious. Those who guard it are inflamed against him.
5. Evil men do not intend judgment. But those who inquire after the Lord turn their souls toward all things.