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

16 The labour of a righteous [man] [tendeth] to life; the revenue of a wicked [man], to sin.

17 Keeping instruction is the path to life; but he that forsaketh reproof goeth 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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