Nuggets of Wisdom

22 The stingy are eager to get rich and are unaware that poverty awaits them.

21 To show partiality is not good—yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread.

20 A faithful person will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.

19 Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.

18 The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe, but the one whose ways are perverse will fall into the pit.

17 Anyone tormented by the guilt of murder will seek refuge in the grave; let no one hold them back.

16 A tyrannical ruler practices extortion, but one who hates ill-gotten gain will enjoy a long reign.

15 Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.