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15 (A)A rich man's wealth is his strong city;
    the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
16 The wage of the righteous leads (B)to life,
    the gain of the wicked to sin.
17 Whoever heeds instruction is on (C)the path to life,
    but he who rejects reproof leads others 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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