Proverbs 28:2-4

American Standard Version

² For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof;
But by ^[a]men of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
³ A needy man that oppresseth the poor
Is like a sweeping rain ^[b]which leaveth no food.
⁴ They that forsake the law praise the wicked;
But such as keep the law contend with them.