¹⁵ ¶ The rich man’s wealth is his strong city; the weakness of the poor is their poverty.

²⁰ ¶ The poor is hated even of his own neighbour, but many are those who love the rich.

¹¹ ¶ The rich man’s wealth is his strong city and as a high wall in his imagination.

²³ ¶ The poor uses intreaties, but the rich answer roughly.

² ¶ The rich and poor meet together; the LORD is the maker of them all.

⁷ ¶ The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

¹⁶ ¶ He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches and who gives to the rich shall surely come to want.

⁶ ¶ Better is the poor that walks in his perfection than he that is perverse in his ways, though he is rich.

¹¹ ¶ The rich man is wise in his own conceit, but the poor that has understanding is wiser than he.