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15 The wealth of the rich is their powerful fortress;
    the poverty of the poor reduces them to rubble.

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15 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city,(A)
    but poverty is the ruin of the poor.(B)

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20 The poor are hated even by their own neighbors,
    but the rich are loved by many friends.

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20 The poor are shunned even by their neighbors,
    but the rich have many friends.(A)

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11 The rich think their wealth is their sturdy fortress;
    they imagine it to be an invincible wall of security.

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11 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city;(A)
    they imagine it a wall too high to scale.

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23 The poor plead for help,
    but the rich respond harshly.

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23 The poor plead for mercy,
    but the rich answer harshly.

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Rich and poor have something in common:
    both are created by the Eternal.

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Rich and poor have this in common:
    The Lord is the Maker of them all.(A)

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The rich lord it over the poor,
    and the borrower is the slave to the lender.

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The rich rule over the poor,
    and the borrower is slave to the lender.

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16 If you take advantage of the poor or coddle the rich to get ahead,
    you will end up destitute.

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16 One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth
    and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.

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It is better to be a pauper walking in integrity
    than a dishonest man, even if he is rich.

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Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than the rich whose ways are perverse.(A)

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11 A rich man may be wise in his own sight,
    but a perceptive pauper will see right through him.

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11 The rich are wise in their own eyes;
    one who is poor and discerning sees how deluded they are.

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