¹⁵ The wealth of the rich is his fortified city;^(A)
the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

²⁴ One person gives freely,
yet gains more;^(A)
another withholds what is right,
only to become poor.^(B)

²⁵ A generous person will be enriched,^(C)
and the one who gives a drink of water
will receive water.^(D)

²⁶ People will curse^(E) anyone who hoards grain,
but a blessing will come to the one who sells it.^(F)

²³ The uncultivated field of the poor yields abundant food,
but without justice, it is swept away.

²⁵ The Lord tears apart the house of the proud,
but he protects the widow’s territory.^(A)

⁵ The one who mocks the poor insults his Maker,^(A)
and one who rejoices over calamity
will not go unpunished.^(B)

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

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

¹⁷ Kindness to the poor is a loan to the Lord,^(A)
and he will give a reward to the lender.^[a](B)

¹³ The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor
will himself also call out and not be answered.^(A)