Proverbs 10:15

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,

The ruin of the poor is their poverty.

Proverbs 14:20

The poor is hated even by his neighbor,

But those who love the rich are many.

A rich man’s wealth is his strong city,

And like a high wall in his own delusion.

The poor man speaks supplications,

But the rich man answers with strong words.

The rich and the poor meet together in this—

Yahweh is the Maker of them all.

The rich rules over the poor,

And the borrower is the slave of the lender.

He who oppresses the poor to make more for himself

Or who gives to the rich will only come to lack.

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity

Than he who is crooked—double dealing—though he be rich.

The rich man is wise in his own eyes,

But the lowly who understands searches him.