^3 (A)A poor man who oppresses the poor
Is like a driving rain ^[a]which leaves no food.

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.

^15 (A)Like a roaring lion and a charging bear
^(B)Is a wicked ruler over poor people.

^19 (A)He who tills his land will have plenty of bread,
But he who follows frivolity will have poverty enough!

^21 (A)To ^[a]show partiality is not good,
^(B)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 ^(C)poverty will come upon him.

^27 (A)He who gives to the poor will not lack,
But he who hides his eyes will have many curses.