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He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches], [and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.
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Bow down thy ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart to my knowledge.
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For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keepest them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
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That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
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Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
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That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send to thee?
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Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
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For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
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Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
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Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
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Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.