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 has many friends.

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

²³ The poor man uses entreaties,
    but the rich man answers roughly.

² The rich and poor have this in common,
    the Lord is the maker of them all.

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

¹⁶ He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches,
    and he who gives to the rich, will surely come to want.

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

¹¹ The rich man is wise in his own conceit,
    but the poor who has understanding searches him out.