^4 (A)Wealth makes many friends,
But the poor is separated from his friend.

⁶ Many entreat the favor of the nobility,
And every man is a friend to one who gives gifts.
^7 (A)All the brothers of the poor hate him;
How much more do his friends go ^(B)far from him!
He may pursue them with words, yet they ^[a]abandon him.

² The ^(A)rich and the poor have this in common,
The ^(B)Lord is the maker of them all.

⁷ The ^(A)rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.

^4 (A)Do not overwork to be rich;
^(B)Because of your own understanding, cease!
^5 [a]Will you set your eyes on that which is not?
For riches certainly make themselves wings;
They fly away like an eagle toward heaven.

⁷ A satisfied soul ^[a]loathes the honeycomb,
But to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

⁶ Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than one perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

⁸ One who increases his possessions by usury and extortion
Gathers it for him who will pity the poor.

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

²⁰ A faithful man will abound with blessings,
^(A)But he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.

^21 (B)To ^[a]show partiality is not good,
^(C)Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress.

²² A man with an evil eye hastens after riches,
And does not consider that ^(D)poverty will come upon him.