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Poor [is] he who is working -- a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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The wealth of the rich [is] his strong city, The ruin of the poor [is] their poverty.
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There is who is making himself rich, and hath nothing, Who is making himself poor, and wealth [is] abundant.
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The ransom of a man's life [are] his riches, And the poor hath not heard rebuke.
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Abundance of food -- the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment.
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Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich [are] many.
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An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.
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Better is humility of spirit with the poor, Than to apportion spoil with the proud.
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Whoso is mocking at the poor Hath reproached his Maker, Whoso is rejoicing at calamity is not acquitted.
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[With] supplications doth the poor speak, And the rich answereth fierce things.
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Better [is] the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse [in] his lips, who [is] a fool.
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Wealth addeth many friends, And the poor from his neighbour is separated.
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All the brethren of the poor have hated him, Surely also his friends have been far from him, He is pursuing words -- they are not!
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Whoso is lending [to] Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.
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The desirableness of a man [is] his kindness, And better [is] the poor than a liar.
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Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes -- be satisfied [with] bread.
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Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.
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Whoso [is] loving mirth [is] a poor man, Whoso is loving wine and oil maketh no wealth.
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Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all [is] Jehovah.
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The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant [is] the borrower to the lender.
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The good of eye -- he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.
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He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.
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Rob not the poor because he [is] poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.
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For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.
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A man -- poor and oppressing the weak, [Is] a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.
