(A)Train up a child [a]in the way he should go,
Even when he grows older he will not abandon it.
The (B)rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.
One who (C)sows injustice will reap disaster,
And the (D)rod of his fury will perish.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:6 Lit according to his way

Start(A) children off on the way they should go,(B)
    and even when they are old they will not turn from it.(C)

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

Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,(D)
    and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.(E)

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