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Proverbs 28:1-8
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Proverbs 28:1-8
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The wicked flee though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
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When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers, but a ruler with discernment and knowledge maintains order.
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A ruler
[a]
who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.
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Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked, but those who heed it resist them.
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Evildoers do not understand what is right, but those who seek the LORD understand it fully.
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Better the poor whose walk is blameless than the rich whose ways are perverse.
7
A discerning son heeds instruction, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.
8
Whoever increases wealth by taking interest or profit from the poor amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor.
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2 Kings 7:7
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Leviticus 26:17
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Psalms 53:5
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Psalms 138:3
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Proverbs 19:1
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Proverbs 23:19-21
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Exodus 18:21
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Ezekiel 18:8
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Job 27:17
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Proverbs 13:22
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Job 3:15
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Psalms 112:9
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Proverbs 14:31
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Luke 14:12-14
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[a].
Or "A poor person"
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