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Some people get rich by overcharging others,
    but their wealth will be given to those who are kind to the poor.

If you refuse to obey what you have been taught,
    your prayers will not be heard.

10 Those who lead good people to do wrong
    will be ruined by their own evil,
    but the innocent will be rewarded with good things.

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Whoever increases wealth by taking interest(A) or profit from the poor
    amasses it for another,(B) who will be kind to the poor.(C)

If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction,
    even their prayers are detestable.(D)

10 Whoever leads the upright along an evil path
    will fall into their own trap,(E)
    but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.

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