Proverbs 22:1 - 22:2

A good name is to be chosen over great wealth,

Favor is better than silver and gold.

The rich and the poor meet together in this—

Yahweh is the Maker of them all.

Proverbs 22:7

The rich rules over the poor,

And the borrower is the slave of the lender.

He who is generous will be blessed,

For he gives from his food to the poor.

He who oppresses the poor to make more for himself

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

Do not be among those who strike hands in pledge,

Among those who become guarantors for debts.

If you have nothing with which to pay,

Why should he take your bed from under you?