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By the rebellion of a land, her rulers increase, but by a person of intelligence who knows justice, it will last.
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A man [who is] poor and oppresses the impoverished [is] a beating rain {that leaves} no food.
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Those who forsake instruction will praise the wicked, but they who guard instruction will struggle against them.
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Men of evil do not understand justice, but seekers of Yahweh understand completely.
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Better [to be] poor and walking in one's integrity than to be crooked of ways when one [is] rich.
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He who keeps instruction [is] a child of understanding, but the companion of gluttons will shame his father.
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He who augments his wealth with interest and with usury gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.
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He who turns his ear from listening to instruction, even his prayer [is] an abomination.
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He who misleads the upright onto the way of evil, into his pits he will fall. But as for the blameless, they will inherit good.
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A man of wealth [is] wise in his own eyes, but the intelligent poor sees through him.
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When the righteous triumphs, great [is] the glory, but with [the] rising of the wicked, a person will be hidden.