^15 (A)A rich man's wealth is his strong city;
    the poverty of the poor is their ruin.

^4 (A)Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
    ^(B)but righteousness delivers from death.

²⁸ Whoever ^(A)trusts in his riches will fall,
    but the righteous will ^(B)flourish like a green leaf.

⁸ The ransom of a man's life is his wealth,
    but a poor man ^(A)hears no threat.

^20 (A)The poor is disliked even by his neighbor,
    ^(B)but the rich has many friends.

²⁴ The crown of the wise is their wealth,
    but the folly of fools brings folly.

^16 (A)Better is a little with the fear of the Lord
    than great treasure and trouble with it.
^17 (B)Better is a dinner of herbs where love is
    than ^(C)a fattened ox and hatred with it.

⁵ Whoever mocks the poor ^(A)insults his Maker;
    he who is ^(B)glad at calamity will not go ^(C)unpunished.