²³ A poor person’s farm may produce much food,
    but injustice sweeps it all away.

³¹ Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker,
    but helping the poor honors him.

¹⁵ For the despondent, every day brings trouble;
    for the happy heart, life is a continual feast.

⁸ Better to have little, with godliness,
    than to be rich and dishonest.

¹⁶ A person who gets ahead by oppressing the poor
    or by showering gifts on the rich will end in poverty.

²² Don’t rob the poor just because you can,
    or exploit the needy in court.
²³ For the Lord is their defender.
    He will ruin anyone who ruins them.

⁷ The godly care about the rights of the poor;
    the wicked don’t care at all.

³ A poor person who oppresses the poor
    is like a pounding rain that destroys the crops.

¹³ The poor and the oppressor have this in common—
    the Lord gives sight to the eyes of both.