The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.

and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber.”

and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.

One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.

The righteous has enough food to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked lacks food.

The one who gives to the poor will not lack, but whoever shuts his eyes to them will receive many curses.

The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

The teaching of the righteous feeds many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.

The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich – both end up only in poverty.

The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.

because you neglected all my advice, and did not comply with my rebuke,

A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in disclosing what is on his mind.

let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more.

How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?

All of them are clear to the discerning and upright to those who find knowledge.

A kind person benefits himself, but a cruel person brings himself trouble.

The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.

There is abundant food in the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

A king’s glory is the abundance of people, but the lack of subjects is the ruin of a ruler.

The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich.