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The rich and the poor have this in common: the LORD is the maker of them all.
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Sensible people foresee trouble and hide [from it], but gullible people go ahead and suffer [the consequence].
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On the heels of humility (the fear of the LORD) are riches and honor and life.
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A devious person has thorns and traps ahead of him. Whoever guards himself will stay far away from them.
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Train a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not turn away from it.
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A rich person rules poor people, and a borrower is a slave to a lender.
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Whoever plants injustice will harvest trouble, and this weapon of his own fury will be destroyed.
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Whoever is generous will be blessed because he has shared his food with the poor.
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Drive out a mocker, and conflict will leave. Quarreling and abuse will stop.
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Whoever loves a pure heart and whoever speaks graciously has a king as his friend.
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The LORD's eyes watch over knowledge, but he overturns the words of a treacherous person.