¹⁵ The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength;
    the ruin of the poor is their poverty.

²⁴ There is one who gives yet grows richer,^[a]
    but he who withholds what is right^[b] only finds need.
²⁵ A person of blessing will be enriched,
    and he who gives water also will be refreshed.
²⁶ He who withholds grain, the people curse him,
    but a blessing is for the head of him who sells.

²³ There is much food in the field of the poor,
    but it is swept away^[a] by injustice.^[b]

²⁵ The house of the proud, Yahweh will tear it down,
    but he will maintain the property line^[a] of the widow.

⁵ He who mocks the poor insults him who made him;
    he who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.

⁴ Wealth adds many friends,
    but the poor will be left by his friends.

⁷ All the brothers of the poor, if they hate him,
    how much more will his friends keep away from him.
    He pursues them with words, and they are gone.^[a]

¹⁷ He who lends to Yahweh is he who is kind to the poor,
    and his benefits he will repay to him.

¹³ He who closes his ear from the cry of the poor,
    he also will cry out and not be heard.

⁹ He who is generous^[a] will be blessed,
    for he gives to the poor from his own bread.