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Do not add to the troubles of the desperate, or delay giving to the needy.
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Do not reject a suppliant in distress, or turn your face away from the poor.
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Do not avert your eye from the needy, and give no one reason to curse you;
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for if in bitterness of soul some should curse you, their Creator will hear their prayer.
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Endear yourself to the congregation; bow your head low to the great.
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Give a hearing to the poor, and return their greeting politely.
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Rescue the oppressed from the oppressor; and do not be hesitant in giving a verdict.
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Be a father to orphans, and be like a husband to their mother; you will then be like a son of the Most High, and he will love you more than does your mother.
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Wisdom teaches her children and gives help to those who seek her.
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Whoever loves her loves life, and those who seek her from early morning are filled with joy.
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Whoever holds her fast inherits glory, and the Lord blesses the place she enters.