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Proverbs 22:6-9
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6 (A)Train up a child in the way he should go;
    even when he is old he will not depart from it.
7 (B)The rich rules over the poor,
    and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
8 Whoever (C)sows injustice will reap calamity,
    and (D)the rod of his fury will fail.
9 (E)Whoever has a bountiful[a] eye will be blessed,
    for he (F)shares his bread with the poor.

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Proverbs 22:6-9
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6 Start(A) children off on the way they should go,(B)
    and even when they are old they will not turn from it.(C)

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

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

9 The generous will themselves be blessed,(F)
    for they share their food with the poor.(G)

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