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En un país lleno de maldad
todos se creen líderes,
pero el gobernante capaz
logra poner el orden.

El pobre que maltrata a otro pobre
es como una tormenta
que acaba con las cosechas.

Los que se apartan de la ley
aplauden a los malvados,
pero los que la obedecen
se oponen a ellos.

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When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers,
    but a ruler with discernment and knowledge maintains order.

A ruler[a] who oppresses the poor
    is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.

Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked,
    but those who heed it resist them.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:3 Or A poor person

For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.

A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

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