^20 (A)The poor is disliked even by his neighbor,
    ^(B)but the rich has many friends.

^4 (A)Wealth brings many new friends,
    ^(B)but a poor man is deserted by his friend.

⁶ Many seek the favor of a generous man,^[a]
    and everyone is a friend to a man who gives ^(A)gifts.
^7 (B)All a poor man's brothers hate him;
    ^(C)how much more do his friends go far from him!
He pursues them with words, but does not have them.^[b]

^15 (A)A rich man's wealth is his strong city;
    the poverty of the poor is their ruin.

¹⁰ They ^(A)abhor me; they keep aloof from me;
    they do not hesitate to ^(B)spit at the sight of me.

²¹ For you have now become nothing;
    you see my calamity and are afraid.
²² Have I said, ‘Make me a gift’?
    Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’?
²³ Or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary's hand’?
    Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of ^(A)the ruthless’?