¹⁵ The wealth of the rich is their fortified city,^(A)
    but poverty is the ruin of the poor.^(B)

⁸ A person’s riches may ransom their life,
    but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.^(A)

¹⁶ Better a little with the fear of the Lord
    than great wealth with turmoil.^(A)

⁸ Better a little with righteousness
    than much gain^(A) with injustice.^(B)

²⁷ Those who give to the poor will lack nothing,^(A)
    but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses.^(B)