1) The wicked flees when no one is pursuing him; but the righteous is bold like a lion.
2) When a country deviates from the law, then there are many leaders in it; and with a reasonable and knowledgeable husband, she will last long.
3) A poor person who oppresses the weak is the same as pouring rain washing away bread.
4) Those who break away from the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law are indignant at them.
5) Evil people do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand everything.
6) Better is the poor man who walks in his integrity than the one who perverts his ways, even though he is rich.
7) He who keeps the law is a wise son, but he who associates with wasteful people disgraces his father.
8) He who increases his wealth with growth and interest will gather it for the benefactor of the poor.
9) Whoever turns away his ear from hearing the law, his prayer is an abomination.
10) He who seduces the righteous into the path of evil will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit goodness.
11) A rich man is a wise man in his own eyes, but a smart poor man will expose him.
12) When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked are exalted, people hide.
13) He who hides his crimes will not succeed; and whoever confesses and leaves them will have mercy.
14) Blessed is the man who is always in reverence; but whoever hardens his heart will fall into trouble.
15) Like a roaring lion and a hungry bear, so is the wicked ruler over the poor people.
16) A foolish ruler does a lot of oppression, but one who hates self-interest will prolong his days.
17) A person guilty of shedding human blood will run to the grave so that no one will grab him.
18) He who walks blamelessly will be unharmed; but he who walks on crooked paths will fall on one of them.
19) He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, but he who imitates the idle will be satisfied with poverty.
20) A faithful man is rich in blessings, and he who hastens to get rich will not go unpunished.
21) Being partial is not good: such a person will do a lie even for a piece of bread.
22) An envious person rushes to wealth, and does not think that poverty will befall him.
23) He who reproaches a person will find greater favor later than he who flatters with his tongue.
24) He who robs his father and mother and says, “It is not a sin,” is an accomplice of the robbers.
25) The arrogant stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the Lord will prosper.
26) He who trusts in himself is stupid; but whoever walks in wisdom will be safe.
27) He who gives to the poor will not become poor; and whoever closes his eyes from it will have many curses.
28) When the wicked rise, the people are hidden, and when they fall, the righteous increase.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru