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The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
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One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
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A person’s riches may ransom their life, but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.
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An unplowed field produces food for the poor, but injustice sweeps it away.
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The poor are shunned even by their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.
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Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.
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Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.
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The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
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Better the poor whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse.
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Wealth attracts many friends, but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.
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The poor are shunned by all their relatives— how much more do their friends avoid them! Though the poor pursue them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found.
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Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord, and he will reward them for what they have done.
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What a person desires is unfailing love; better to be poor than a liar.
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Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare.
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Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.
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Whoever loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.
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Rich and poor have this in common: The Lord is the Maker of them all.
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The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
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The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.
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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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Saying 2
Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court,
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for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
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A ruler who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.
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Better the poor whose walk is blameless than the rich whose ways are perverse.
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Whoever increases wealth by taking interest or profit from the poor amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor.
