¹⁵ The wealth of the rich is their fortress;
    the poverty of the poor is their ruin.^(A)

⁸ Wealth is a ransom for a person’s life,
    but a poor person pays no attention to a rebuke.

¹⁶ Better is a little with the fear of the Lord
    than great treasure and trouble with it.^(A)

⁸ Better is a little with righteousness
    than large income with injustice.

²⁷ Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing,
    but one who turns a blind eye will get many a curse.^(A)

⁷ The righteous know the rights of the poor;
    the wicked have no such understanding.^(A)

¹⁴ If a king judges the poor with equity,
    his throne will be established forever.^(A)