²⁴ 
There is the one who [generously] scatters [abroad], and yet increases all the more;
And there is the one who withholds what is justly due, but it results only in want and poverty.
²⁵ 
The generous man [is a source of blessing and] shall be prosperous and enriched,
And he who waters will himself be watered [reaping the generosity he has sown].^(A)
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The people curse him who holds back grain [when the public needs it],
But a blessing [from God and man] is upon the head of him who sells it.

²³ 
Abundant food is in the fallow (uncultivated) ground of the poor,
But [without protection] it is swept away by injustice.

²⁵ 
The Lord will tear down the house of the proud and arrogant (self-righteous),
But He will establish and protect the boundaries [of the land] of the [godly] widow.

⁵ 
Whoever mocks the poor taunts his Maker,
And he who rejoices at [another’s] disaster will not go unpunished.^(A)

⁴ 
Wealth makes many friends,
But a poor man is separated from his friend.^(A)

⁷ 
All the brothers of a poor man hate him;
How much more do his friends abandon him!
He pursues them with words, but they are gone.

¹⁷ 
He who is gracious and lends a hand to the poor lends to the Lord,
And the Lord will repay him for his good deed.^(A)

¹³ 
Whoever shuts his ears at the cry of the poor
Will cry out himself and not be answered.^(A)

⁹ 
He who is generous will be blessed,
For he gives some of his food to the poor.^(A)