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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 thine ear and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
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For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, that they may indeed be ready upon thy lips.
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That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made it known to thee this day, even to thee!
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Have I not written to thee excellent things of counsel 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 unto thee?
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Rob not the poor because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted at the gate;
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for the LORD will plead their cause, and despoil the soul of those that despoiled 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 for thy soul.
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Be not thou one of them that strike hands or of them that are sureties for debts;