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15 The oisher’s wealth is his strong city; the destruction of the poor ones is their poverty.

16 The wage of the tzaddik leadeth to Chayyim; the wage of the rashah is for chattat [Ro 6:23].

17 He is in the orach (path) of Chayyim that is shomer over musar, but he that abandoneth tokhakhat (reproof) goes astray.

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15 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city,(A)
    but poverty is the ruin of the poor.(B)

16 The wages of the righteous is life,(C)
    but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.(D)

17 Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life,(E)
    but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.

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