The rich rule over the poor,(A)
and the borrower is a slave to the lender.(B)

The one who sows injustice will reap disaster,(C)
and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

A generous person[a] will be blessed,(D)
for he shares his food with the poor.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:9 Lit Good of eye

The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

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