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14 The mouth of a woman who commits adultery is like a deep pit.
    Any man the Lord is angry with falls into it.

15 Children are going to do foolish things.
    But correcting them will drive that foolishness far away.

16 You might treat poor people badly or give gifts to rich people.
    Trying to get rich in these ways will instead make you poor.

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14 The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit;(A)
    a man who is under the Lord’s wrath falls into it.(B)

15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
    but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.(C)

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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