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

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

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

19 Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than a fool whose lips are perverse.^(A)

⁴ Wealth attracts many friends,
    but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.^(A)