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Train a child in the way he should go,
    and he will not deviate from it, even in old age.
The wealthy man lords it over the poor,[a]
    and the borrower becomes the slave of the lender.
Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity,
    and the rod of his wrath will disappear.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:7 The wealthy man lords it over the poor: see note on Prov 10:15.