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15 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city.
    The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
16 The labor of the righteous leads to life.
    The increase of the wicked leads to sin.
17 He is in the way of life who heeds correction,
    but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.

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

16 The wages of the righteous is life,(C)
    but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.(D)

17 Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life,(E)
    but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.

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