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21 Their purpose is to teach you true, reliable words,
    so you can report back reliably to those who sent you.

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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  1. Proverbs 22:23 Heb uncertain

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