One person pretends to be rich but has nothing;(A)
another pretends to be poor but has abundant wealth.(B)

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One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;(A)
    another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.(B)

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There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

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16 Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself,
and giving to the rich—both lead only to poverty.(A)

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16 One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth
    and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.

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

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27 The one who gives to the poor
will not be in need,
but one who turns his eyes away[a]
will receive many curses.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 28:27 Lit who shuts his eyes

27 Those who give to the poor will lack nothing,(A)
    but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses.(B)

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27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

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