May you turn to my argument! Behold, I shall pour out my spirit upon you; I will make my words known to you.

Do not withhold good from its owner when it is in the power of your hand to do.

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, and [if] you scoff, alone you shall bear [it].

The wealth of the rich [is] the city of his strength; the ruin of the poor [is] their poverty.

There is one who acts rich but {has nothing}; another who pretends to be poor but [has] wealth.

The ransom of the life of a man [is] his wealth, but the poor does not receive a threat.

[There is] much food [in] the field of the poor, but {it is swept away} by {injustice}.

The poor is disliked even by his neighbor, but the lovers of the rich are many.

He who despises his neighbor is a sinner, but he who has mercy on the poor blesses him.

He who oppresses the poor insults him who made him, but he who has mercy on the poor honors him.

The tongue of the wise will dispense knowledge, but the mouth of fools will pour out folly.

All the days of the poor [are] hard, but goodness of heart [is] a continuous feast.

Plans of evil [are] an abomination of Yahweh, but gracious words are pure.

A heart of righteousness will ponder the answer, but a mouth of wickedness will pour out deceit.

All the ways of a man [are] pure in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the spirit.

Better a lowly spirit with the poor than dividing the spoil with the proud.

He who mocks the poor insults him who made him; he who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.

[May] a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring and not a fool in his folly.

A grief to his father [is] the child of a fool, and bitterness to her who bore him.

The spirit of a man will endure his sickness, but a broken spirit, who may bear it?

Death and life [are] in the {power} of the tongue, and those who love her will eat of her fruit.

The poor may speak entreaties, but the rich will answer roughly.

Better a poor person walking in integrity than one who is perverse {in his speech} and is a fool.

Wealth adds many friends, but the poor will be left by his friends.

All the brothers of the poor, [if] they hate him, how much more will his friends keep away from him. He pursues [them with] words, [and] they are gone.

He who lends to Yahweh [is] he who is kind to the poor, and his benefits he will repay to him.

The craving of a man [is] his steadfast loyalty, and [it is] better [to be] poor than a {liar}.

Who will say "I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin"?

Even by his acts, a {young man} will make himself known, whether his acts are pure and upright.

Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; open your eyes [and] have plenty bread.

"Bad, bad," the buyer will say, but [when] one goes to him, then he will boast.

Crooked is the way of a man and a foreigner, but the pure [is] upright [in] his conduct.

He who closes his ear from the cry of the poor, he also will cry out and not be heard.

Rich and poor have [much] in common; Yahweh is the maker of all of them.

The rich will rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave of {the lender}.

He [who] {is generous} will be blessed, for he gives to the poor from his [own] bread.

He who oppresses the poor [in order] to enrich himself, [or] gives to the rich, {will come to poverty}.

Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate;

For the drunkard and gluttonous, they will become poor, and [with] rags, drowsiness will clothe them

May your father and your mother be glad, and may she who bore you rejoice.

The warrior of wisdom [is] in strength, and a man of knowledge is strong [in] power.

A man [who is] poor and oppresses the impoverished [is] a beating rain {that leaves} no food.

Better [to be] poor and walking in one's integrity than to be crooked of ways when one [is] rich.

He who augments his wealth with interest and with usury gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.

A man of wealth [is] wise in his own eyes, but the intelligent poor sees through him.

[Like] a roaring lion and a charging bear [is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.

[For] he who gives to the poor, there is no lacking, but [for] he who turns his eyes, [there are] many curses.

[The] righteous knows [the] case of the poor, but [the] wicked does not understand knowledge.

The poor and a man of oppression have [this] in common: Yahweh gives {light to the eyes of them both}.

A king who judges with truthfulness [to] the poor, his throne will be established forever.

Or else I will be satisfied and will deny [him] and say "Who [is] Yahweh?" Or I will be poor and will steal and profane the name of my God.

[There is] a generation [that is] pure in its own eyes, but from its filthiness it will not be cleansed.

[There is] a generation whose teeth [are] swords, and its jawbones, knives, [in order] to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from humankind.

Under three [things] the earth trembles, and under four, it is not able to bear up:

Open your mouth, judge righteousness, and defend [the] poor and needy.

Her palm she opens to the poor, and her hand she reaches [out] to the needy.