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11 If you refrain to deliver those who are drawn unto death,
    and those who are ready to be slain;
12 if you say, “Surely we did not know this,”
    does not He who ponders the heart consider it?
And He who keeps your soul, does He not know it?
    And will He not render to every man according to his works?

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11 (A)Deliver those who are drawn toward death,
And hold back those stumbling to the slaughter.
12 If you say, “Surely we did not know this,”
Does not (B)He who weighs the hearts consider it?
He who keeps your soul, does He not know it?
And will He not render to each man (C)according to his deeds?

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A poor man who oppresses the poor
    is like a sweeping rain that leaves no food.

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(A)A poor man who oppresses the poor
Is like a driving rain [a]which leaves no food.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:3 Lit. and there is no bread

27 He who gives to the poor will not lack,
    but he who hides his eyes will have many a curse.

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27 (A)He who gives to the poor will not lack,
But he who hides his eyes will have many curses.

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Open your mouth for the speechless
    in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
Open your mouth, judge righteously,
    and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

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(A)Open your mouth for the speechless,
In the cause of all who are [a]appointed to die.
Open your mouth, (B)judge righteously,
And (C)plead the cause of the poor and needy.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:8 Lit. sons of passing away