¹⁵ The rich man’s wealth is his strong city.
    The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

²⁰ The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor,
    but the rich person has many friends.

¹¹ The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
    like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

²³ The poor plead for mercy,
    but the rich answer harshly.

² The rich and the poor have this in common:
    Yahweh is the maker of them all.

⁷ The rich rule over the poor.
    The borrower is servant to the lender.

¹⁶ Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich,
    both come to poverty.

⁶ Better is the poor who walks in his integrity,
    than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

¹¹ The rich man is wise in his own eyes;
    but the poor who has understanding sees through him.