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Living with Your Neighbor

22 Do not rob the poor because they are poor
    or trample on the rights of an oppressed person at the city gate,
23 because Yahweh will plead their case
    and will take the lives of those who rob them.
24 Do not be a friend of one who has a bad temper,
    and never keep company with a hothead,

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Saying 2

22 Do not exploit the poor(A) because they are poor
    and do not crush the needy in court,(B)
23 for the Lord will take up their case(C)
    and will exact life for life.(D)

Saying 3

24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person,
    do not associate with one easily angered,

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