Proverbs 28:2-4

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

² When a land rebels
    it has many rulers;
but with an intelligent ruler
    there is lasting order.^[a]
3 A ruler^[b] who oppresses the poor
    is a beating rain that leaves no food.
⁴ Those who forsake the law praise the wicked,
    but those who keep the law struggle against them.