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Like
1a roaring lion or
2a charging bear is
3a wicked ruler over a poor people.
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A ruler who
4lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor, but he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.
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If one is burdened with
5the blood of another, he will be a fugitive until death; let no one help him.
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6Whoever
7walks in integrity will be delivered, but he who is crooked in his ways will suddenly fall.
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8Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.
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A faithful man will abound with blessings, but whoever hastens to be rich
9will not go unpunished.
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To show
10partiality is not good, but for
11a piece of bread a man will do wrong.
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A
12stingy man
13hastens after wealth and does not know that
14poverty will come upon him.
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Whoever
15rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than
16he who flatters with his tongue.
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Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, "That is no transgression," is
17a companion to a man who destroys.
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A greedy man
18stirs up strife, but the one who trusts in the LORD will
19be enriched.