<p class="poetry">and your poverty will come like a robber,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and your need like an armed man.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">and your poverty will come like a bandit,p> <p class="poetry">and your need like an armed robber.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">One person is generous<n id="1" /> and yet grows more wealthy,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but another withholds more than he should<n id="3" /> and comes to poverty.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">In all hard work<n id="1" /> there is profit,p> <p class="poetry">but merely talking about it<n id="2" /> only brings<n id="3" /> poverty.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The plans of the diligent<n id="1" /> lead<n id="2" /> only to plenty,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gainp> <p class="poetry">and the one who gives to the rich<n id="1" /> &#8211; both end up only in poverty.p>

<p class="poetry">The one who gives to the poor will not lack,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but whoever shuts his eyes to them<n id="2" /> will receive<n id="3" /> many curses.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who loves<n id="1" /> pleasure<n id="2" /> will be<n id="3" /> a poor person;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">whoever loves wine and anointing oil<n id="5" /> will not be rich.p>