24
Like one who kills a son before his father's eyes is the person who offers a sacrifice from the property of the poor.
25
The bread of the needy is the life of the poor; whoever deprives them of it is a murderer.
26
To take away a neighbor's living is to commit murder;
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to deprive an employee of wages is to shed blood.
28
When one builds and another tears down, what do they gain but hard work?
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