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Proverbs 22:7-9
English Standard Version Anglicised

7 (A)The rich rules over the poor,
    and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
8 Whoever (B)sows injustice will reap calamity,
    and (C)the rod of his fury will fail.
9 (D)Whoever has a bountiful[a] eye will be blessed,
    for he (E)shares his bread with the poor.

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Proverbs 22:7-9
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7 The rich rule over the poor,
    and the borrower is slave to the lender.

8 Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,(A)
    and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.(B)

9 The generous will themselves be blessed,(C)
    for they share their food with the poor.(D)

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