15 The (A)rich person’s wealth is his [a]fortress,
The (B)ruin of the poor is their poverty.

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  1. Proverbs 10:15 Lit strong city

15 The riches of the wealthy are their strong city;
    the ruin of the poor is their poverty.

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24 There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more,
And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in poverty.
25 A [a](A)generous person will be [b]prosperous,
And one who (B)gives others plenty of water will himself be given plenty.
26 One who withholds grain, the (C)people will curse him,
But (D)blessing will be on the head of him who (E)sells it.

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  1. Proverbs 11:25 Lit soul of blessing
  2. Proverbs 11:25 Lit made fat

24 Those who give generously receive more,
    but those who are stingy with what is appropriate will grow needy.
25 Generous persons will prosper;
    those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.
26 People curse those who hoard grain,
    but they bless those[a] who sell it.

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  1. Proverbs 11:26 Or the heads of those

23 (A)Abundant food is in the uncultivated ground of the poor,
But [a]it is swept away by injustice.

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  1. Proverbs 13:23 Lit there is what is swept

23 A poor person’s land might produce much food,
    but it is unjustly swept away.

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25 The Lord will (A)tear down the house of the proud,
But He will (B)set the boundary of the (C)widow.

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25 The Lord snatches away the arrogant one’s house,
    but he preserves the widow’s boundaries.

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One who mocks the (A)poor taunts his Maker;
One who (B)rejoices at disaster will not go unpunished.

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Those who mock the poor insult their maker;
    those who rejoice in disaster won’t go unpunished.

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(A)Wealth adds many friends,
But a poor person is separated from his friend.

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Riches increase one’s friends,
    but the poor lose their friends.

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All the brothers of a poor person hate him;
How much more do his (A)friends abandon him!
He (B)pursues them with words, but they are [a]gone.

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  1. Proverbs 19:7 Lit not

All the relatives of the poor hate them;
    even more, their friends stay far from them.
    When they pursue them with words, they aren’t there.

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17 One who (A)is gracious to a poor person lends to the Lord,
And He will repay him for his [a](B)good deed.

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  1. Proverbs 19:17 Or benefits

17 Those who are gracious to the poor lend to the Lord,
    and the Lord will fully repay them.

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13 One who (A)shuts his ear to the outcry of the poor
Will also call out himself, and not be (B)answered.

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13 Those who close their ears to the cries of the poor
    will themselves call out but receive no answer.

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One who [a]is (A)generous will be blessed,
Because he (B)gives some of his food to the poor.

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  1. Proverbs 22:9 Lit has a good eye

Happy are generous people,
    because they give some of their food to the poor.

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16 One (A)who oppresses the poor to make [a]more for himself,
Or gives to the rich, (B)will only come to poverty.

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  1. Proverbs 22:16 Lit much

16 Oppressing the poor to get rich
    and giving to the wealthy lead only to poverty.

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22 (A)Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
Nor (B)crush the needy at the gate;
23 For the Lord will (C)plead their case
And [a]take the life of those who rob them.

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  1. Proverbs 22:23 Lit rob the soul

22 Don’t steal from the poor, because they are poor.
    Don’t oppress the needy in the gate.
23 The Lord will take up their case
    and press the life out of those who oppress them.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 22:23 Heb uncertain