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For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will invent iniquity to work unrighteousness and to speak scornfully against the LORD, leaving the soul of the hungry empty and taking away the drink of the thirsty.

Certainly the greedy use evil measures: he devises wicked devices to ensnare the simple with lying words and to speak in judgment against the poor.

But the liberal devises liberal things; and by liberal things shall he rise.

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For fools speak folly,(A)
    their hearts are bent on evil:(B)
They practice ungodliness(C)
    and spread error(D) concerning the Lord;
the hungry they leave empty(E)
    and from the thirsty they withhold water.
Scoundrels use wicked methods,(F)
    they make up evil schemes(G)
to destroy the poor with lies,
    even when the plea of the needy(H) is just.(I)
But the noble make noble plans,
    and by noble deeds(J) they stand.(K)

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