⁴ Wealth brings many friends,
    but the poor are left friendless.^(A)

⁶ Many seek the favor of the generous,
    and everyone is a friend to a giver of gifts.^(A)
7 If the poor are hated even by their kin,
    how much more are they shunned by their friends!
When they call after them, they are not there.^[a](B)

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

⁷ The rich rule over the poor,
    and the borrower is the slave of the lender.^(A)

⁴ Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
    be wise enough to desist.^(A)
5 When your eyes light upon it, it is gone,
    for suddenly it takes wings to itself,
    flying like an eagle toward heaven.

⁷ The sated appetite spurns honey,
    but to a ravenous appetite even the bitter is sweet.^(A)

⁶ Better to be poor and walk in integrity
    than to be crooked in one’s ways even though rich.^(A)

⁸ One who augments wealth by exorbitant interest
    gathers it for another who is kind to the poor.^(A)

¹¹ The rich is wise in self-esteem,
    but an intelligent poor person sees through the pose.^(A)

²⁰ The faithful will abound with blessings,
    but one who is in a hurry to be rich will not go unpunished.^(A)
21 To show partiality is not good,
    yet for a piece of bread a person may do wrong.
²² The miser is in a hurry to get rich
    and does not know that loss is sure to come.