²³ Much food is in the tillage of the poor:
    but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

³¹ He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker:
    but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

¹⁵ All the days of the afflicted are evil:
    but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.

⁸ Better is a little with righteousness
    than great revenues without right.

¹⁶ He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches,
    and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

²² Rob not the poor, because he is poor:
neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
²³ for the Lord will plead their cause,
and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

⁷ The righteous considereth the cause of the poor:
but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

³ A poor man that oppresseth the poor
is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

¹³ The poor and the deceitful man meet together:
the Lord lighteneth both their eyes.