¹⁵ The ^(A)rich person’s wealth is his ^[a]fortress,
The ^(B)ruin of the poor is their poverty.

²⁰ The ^(A)poor is hated even by his neighbor,
But those who love the rich are many.

²³ A ^(A)poor person utters pleadings,
But a ^(B)rich person ^(C)answers defiantly.

19 ^(A)Better is a poor person who ^(B)walks in his integrity
Than a person who is perverse in ^[a]speech and is a fool.

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

⁷ All the brothers of a poor person hate him;
How much more do his ^(A)friends abandon him!
He ^(B)pursues them with words, but they are ^[a]gone.

¹⁷ One who ^(A)is gracious to a poor person lends to the Lord,
And He will repay him for his ^[a](B)good deed.

²² What is desirable in a person is his ^[a]kindness,
And it is better to be a poor person than a liar.

¹³ One who ^(A)shuts his ear to the outcry of the poor
Will also call out himself, and not be ^(B)answered.