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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]

24 Don’t befriend people controlled by anger;
    don’t associate with hot-tempered people;

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  1. Proverbs 22:23 Heb uncertain

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