Proverbs was written with a wealthy, royal reader in mind, so it includes almost no advice for how to survive in poverty or how to get out of poverty. But it has a lot to say about how painful and unjust poverty is, it clearly shows the dignity of the poor, and it makes dramatic demands on those of us who are wealthy.
A man in a coat and top hat hands money to an old beggar with a dog, as another well-dressed man stands by. Lithograph. Iconographic Collections, Wellcome Images, wellcomeimages.org. Public domain.