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15 All the days of the poor are hard,
    but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

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15 All the days of the needy are hard,
    but a happy heart has a continual feast.

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22 Do not rob the poor because they are poor
    or crush the afflicted at the gate,(A)
23 for the Lord pleads their cause
    and despoils of life those who despoil them.(B)

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22 Don’t steal from the poor, because they are poor.
    Don’t oppress the needy in the gate.
23 The Lord will take up their case
    and press the life out of those who oppress them.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:23 Heb uncertain