22 (A)A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
    and favor is better than silver or gold.
(B)The rich and the poor meet together;
    the Lord is (C)the Maker of them all.

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Whoever (A)sows injustice will reap calamity,
    and (B)the rod of his fury will fail.
(C)Whoever has a bountiful[a] eye will be blessed,
    for he (D)shares his bread with the poor.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:9 Hebrew good

22 (A)Do not rob the poor, because he is poor,
    or (B)crush the afflicted at (C)the gate,
23 for (D)the Lord will plead their cause
    and rob of life those who rob them.

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