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Be like a father to orphans, and provide widows with the help their husbands can no longer give them. Then you will be like a child of the Most High, and he will love you more than your own mother does.
8
Listen to what the poor have to say, and answer them politely.
9
Protect people from those who want to wrong them, and be firm in your judgments.
10
Be like a father to orphans, and provide widows with the help their husbands can no longer give them. Then you will be like a child of the Most High, and he will love you more than your own mother does.
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Wisdom takes care of those who look for her; she raises them to greatness.
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Loving her is loving life itself; rising early to look for her is pure joy.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.