Proverbs 28:2-4

English Standard Version Anglicised

² When a land transgresses, ^(A)it has many rulers,
    but with a man of understanding and knowledge,
    its stability will long continue.
^3 (B)A poor man who oppresses the poor
    is a beating rain that leaves no food.
⁴ Those who forsake the law ^(C)praise the wicked,
    but those who keep the law ^(D)strive against them.