^15 (A)A rich man's wealth is his strong city;
    the poverty of the poor is their ruin.

^24 (A)One gives ^(B)freely, yet grows all the richer;
    another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
^25 (C)Whoever brings blessing ^(D)will be enriched,
    and ^(E)one who waters will himself be watered.
^26 (F)The people curse him who holds back grain,
    but ^(G)a blessing is on the head of him who ^(H)sells it.

²³ The fallow ground of the poor would yield much food,
    but it is swept away through ^(A)injustice.

²⁵ The Lord tears down the house of ^(A)the proud
    but ^(B)maintains ^(C)the widow's boundaries.

⁵ Whoever mocks the poor ^(A)insults his Maker;
    he who is ^(B)glad at calamity will not go ^(C)unpunished.

^4 (A)Wealth brings many new friends,
    ^(B)but a poor man is deserted by his friend.

^7 (A)All a poor man's brothers hate him;
    ^(B)how much more do his friends go far from him!
He pursues them with words, but does not have them.^[a]

^17 (A)Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord,
    and he ^(B)will repay him for his ^(C)deed.

^13 (A)Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor
    will himself call out and not be answered.