⁴ Wealth attracts many friends,^(A)
but a poor person is separated from his friend.

⁶ Many seek a ruler’s favor,^(A)
and everyone is a friend of one who gives gifts.^(B)

⁷ All the brothers of a poor person hate him;^(C)
how much more do his friends
keep their distance from him!
He may pursue them with words,^(D)
but they are not there.^[a]

² Rich and poor have this in common:^[a]
the Lord makes them all.^(A)

⁷ The rich rule over the poor,^(A)
and the borrower is a slave to the lender.^(B)

⁴ Don’t wear yourself out to get rich;^(A)
because you know better, stop!
⁵ As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears,^(B)
for it makes wings for itself
and flies like an eagle to the sky.

⁷ A person who is full tramples on a honeycomb,^(A)
but to a hungry person, any bitter thing is sweet.

⁶ Better the poor person who lives with integrity^(A)
than the rich one who distorts right and wrong.^[a](B)

⁸ Whoever increases his wealth through excessive interest^(A)
collects it for one who is kind to the poor.^(B)

¹¹ A rich person is wise in his own eyes,
but a poor one who has discernment sees through him.