⁶ Better a poor person who walks in his integrity
    than a rich person who is hypocritical.^[a]

⁸ A person who increases his wealth by piling up interest
    gathers it for someone who is generous to the needy.

¹¹ A wealthy person is wise in his own eyes,
but a needy person with understanding will expose him.

¹⁶ When a ruler lacks understanding, there will be much oppression,
but one who hates ill-gotten gain prolongs his days.

²⁰ A trustworthy person has many blessings,
but a person in a hurry to get rich will not go unpunished.

²² A tightfisted person is in a hurry to get rich,
but he does not know that poverty is coming his way.

²⁷ A person who gives to the poor will lack nothing,
but a person who closes his eyes to them will receive many curses.