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14 The wicked draw their swords
    and ·bend [string] their bows
to ·kill [L fell] the poor and helpless,
    to ·kill [slaughter] those ·who are honest [L whose way is straight].
15 But their swords will ·stab [L enter] their own hearts,
    and their bows will break.

16 It is better to have little and be ·right [or righteous]
    than to have much and be ·wrong [or wicked; Prov. 15:16; 16:8, 19].

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14 The wicked draw the sword(A)
    and bend the bow(B)
to bring down the poor and needy,(C)
    to slay those whose ways are upright.
15 But their swords will pierce their own hearts,(D)
    and their bows will be broken.(E)

16 Better the little that the righteous have
    than the wealth(F) of many wicked;

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