⁴ Riches don’t help in the day of wrath,
    but righteousness rescues from death.

²⁵ Generous persons will prosper;
    those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.

²⁸ Those who trust in their wealth will wither,
    but the righteous will thrive like leafy trees.

⁷ Some pretend to be rich but have nothing,
    while others pretend to be poor, but have great riches.
⁸ Wealth can ransom a person’s life,
    but the poor don’t even receive threats.

¹¹ Riches gotten quickly^[a] will dwindle,
    but those who acquire them gradually become wealthy.

²² Good people leave their grandchildren an inheritance,
    but the wealth of sinners is stored up for the righteous.