15  ^bA rich man’s wealth is his strong city;

the poverty of the poor is their ruin.

20  ^eThe poor is disliked even by his neighbor,

^fbut the rich has many friends.

11  ^lA rich man’s wealth is his strong city,

and like a high wall in his imagination.

23  The poor use entreaties,

but ^ythe rich answer roughly.

2  ^qThe rich and the poor meet together;

the Lord is ^rthe Maker of them all.

7  ^xThe rich rules over the poor,

and the borrower is the slave of the lender.

16  Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,

or gives to the rich, ^owill only come to poverty.

6  ^kBetter is a poor man who ^lwalks in his integrity

than a rich man who is ^lcrooked in his ways.

11  A rich man is wise in his ^town eyes,

but a poor man who has understanding ^uwill find him out.