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

²⁰ The poor is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich hath many friends.

¹¹ The rich man’s wealth is his stronghold, and as a high wall in his own conceit.

²³ The poor useth entreaties, but the rich answereth roughly.

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

⁷ The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

¹⁶ He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

⁶ Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

¹¹ The rich man is wise in his own conceit, but the poor man that hath understanding searcheth him out.