³¹ Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker,^(A)
    but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.^(B)

⁵ Whoever mocks the poor^(A) shows contempt for their Maker;^(B)
    whoever gloats over disaster^(C) will not go unpunished.^(D)

¹⁶ One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth
    and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.

² Rich and poor have this in common:
    The Lord is the Maker of them all.^(A)

¹⁷ Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord,^(A)
    and he will reward them for what they have done.^(B)

¹³ “If I have denied justice to any of my servants,^(A)
    whether male or female,
    when they had a grievance against me,^(B)
14 what will I do when God confronts me?^(C)
    What will I answer when called to account?^(D)
15 Did not he who made me in the womb make them?^(E)
    Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?^(F)

¹⁶ “If I have denied the desires of the poor^(G)
    or let the eyes of the widow^(H) grow weary,^(I)