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15 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city.
    The destruction of the poor is their poverty.

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15 The riches of the wealthy are their strong city;
    the ruin of the poor is their poverty.

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20 The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor,
    but the rich person has many friends.

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20 Even their neighbors hate the poor,
    but many love the wealthy.

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11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
    like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

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11 The riches of the wealthy are a strong city
    and like a high wall in their imagination.

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23 The poor plead for mercy,
    but the rich answer harshly.

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23 The poor plead for help,
    but the wealthy answer harshly.

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The rich and the poor have this in common:
    Yahweh is the maker of them all.

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The rich and the poor have this in common:
    the Lord made them both.

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The rich rule over the poor.
    The borrower is servant to the lender.

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The wealthy rule over the poor;
    a borrower is a slave to a lender.

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16 Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich,
    both come to poverty.

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16 Oppressing the poor to get rich
    and giving to the wealthy lead only to poverty.

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Better is the poor who walks in his integrity,
    than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

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Better to be poor and walk in innocence
    than to be on crooked paths and wealthy.

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11 The rich man is wise in his own eyes;
    but the poor who has understanding sees through him.

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11 Rich people think they are wise,
    but an insightful poor person sees through them.

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