⁴ Wealth makes many “friends”;
    poverty drives them all away.

⁶ Many seek favors from a ruler;
    everyone is the friend of a person who gives gifts!

⁷ The relatives of the poor despise them;
    how much more will their friends avoid them!
Though the poor plead with them,
    their friends are gone.

² The rich and poor have this in common:
    The Lord made them both.

⁷ Just as the rich rule the poor,
    so the borrower is servant to the lender.

⁴ Don’t wear yourself out trying to get rich.
    Be wise enough to know when to quit.
⁵ In the blink of an eye wealth disappears,
    for it will sprout wings
    and fly away like an eagle.