⁶ Better to be poor and walk in innocence
    than to be on crooked paths and wealthy.

⁸ Those who become rich through high interest rates
    gather money for those who are generous to the poor.

¹¹ Rich people think they are wise,
    but an insightful poor person sees through them.

¹⁶ A prince without understanding is a cruel oppressor,
    but one who hates unjust gain will live long.

²⁰ Reliable people will have abundant blessings,
    but those with get-rich-quick schemes won’t go unpunished.

²² The stingy try to get rich fast,
    unaware that loss will come to them.

²⁷ Those who give to the poor will lack nothing,
    but those who turn a blind eye will be greatly cursed.