15 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city,(A)
    but poverty is the ruin of the poor.(B)

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15 The wealth of the rich is their fortress;
    the poverty of the poor is their destruction.

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20 The poor are shunned even by their neighbors,
    but the rich have many friends.(A)

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20 The poor are despised even by their neighbors,
    while the rich have many “friends.”

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11 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city;(A)
    they imagine it a wall too high to scale.

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11 The rich think of their wealth as a strong defense;
    they imagine it to be a high wall of safety.

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23 The poor plead for mercy,
    but the rich answer harshly.

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23 The poor plead for mercy;
    the rich answer with insults.

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Rich and poor have this in common:
    The Lord is the Maker of them all.(A)

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The rich and poor have this in common:
    The Lord made them both.

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The rich rule over the poor,
    and the borrower is slave to the lender.

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Just as the rich rule the poor,
    so the borrower is servant to the lender.

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16 One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth
    and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.

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16 A person who gets ahead by oppressing the poor
    or by showering gifts on the rich will end in poverty.

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Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than the rich whose ways are perverse.(A)

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Better to be poor and honest
    than to be dishonest and rich.

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11 The rich are wise in their own eyes;
    one who is poor and discerning sees how deluded they are.

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11 Rich people may think they are wise,
    but a poor person with discernment can see right through them.

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