22. A good man leaves an inheritance [of moral stability and goodness] to his children's children, and the wealth of the sinner [finds its way eventually] into the hands of the righteous, for whom it was laid up.
23. Much food is in the tilled land of the poor, but there are those who are destroyed because of injustice.
24. He who spares his rod [of discipline] hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines diligently and punishes him early. [Prov. 19:18; 22:15; 23:13; 29:15, 17.]
25. The [uncompromisingly] righteous eats to his own satisfaction, but the stomach of the wicked is in want.