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11 Rescue those who are led away to the death
    and those who stagger to the slaughter. If you hold back,
12 if you say, “Look, we do not know this,”
    does not he who weighs hearts perceive it?
    And he who keeps your soul,[a]
    he knows and will repay humankind according to his deeds.

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  1. Proverbs 24:12 Or “life,” or “inner self”

A man who is poor and oppresses the impoverished
    is a beating rain that leaves[a] no food.

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  1. Proverbs 28:3 Literally “and there is”

27 For he who gives to the poor, there is no lacking,
    but for he[a] who turns his eyes, there are many curses.

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  1. Proverbs 28:27 Hebrew “those”

Open your mouth for the mute,
    for the rights[a] of all the needy.[b]
Open your mouth, judge righteousness,
    and defend the poor and needy.

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  1. Proverbs 31:8 Hebrew “right”
  2. Proverbs 31:8 Literally “the sons of the needy”