22 A good name is to be chosen over great wealth;
favor is better than silver and gold.^(A)

² The rich and the poor have this in common:^[a]
the Lord made them both.^[b](B)

⁷ The rich rule over the poor,^(A)
and the borrower is a slave to the lender.^(B)

⁹ A generous person^[a] will be blessed,^(A)
for he shares his food with the poor.^(B)

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