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The wicked are edgy with guilt, ready to run off even when no one's after them; Honest people are relaxed and confident, bold as lions.
2
When the country is in chaos, everybody has a plan to fix it - But it takes a leader of real understanding to straighten things out.
3
The wicked who oppress the poor are like a hailstorm that beats down the harvest.
4
If you desert God's law, you're free to embrace depravity; if you love God's law, you fight for it tooth and nail.
5
Justice makes no sense to the evilminded; those who seek God know it inside and out.
6
It's better to be poor and direct than rich and crooked.
7
Practice God's law - get a reputation for wisdom; hang out with a loose crowd - embarrass your family.
8
Get as rich as you want through cheating and extortion, But eventually some friend of the poor is going to give it all back to them.
9
God has no use for the prayers of the people who won't listen to him.
10
Lead good people down a wrong path and you'll come to a bad end; do good and you'll be rewarded for it.
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The rich think they know it all, but the poor can see right through them.