⁸ Wealth can ransom a person’s life,
    but the poor don’t even receive threats.

¹⁶ Better a little with fear of the Lord
    than a great treasure with turmoil.

⁸ Better a little with righteousness
    than great profits without justice.

²⁷ Those who give to the poor will lack nothing,
    but those who turn a blind eye will be greatly cursed.

⁷ The righteous know the rights of the poor,
    but the wicked don’t understand.

¹⁴ If a king judges the poor honestly,
    his throne will be established forever.