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Don’t let your mouth lead your flesh to sin,
and don’t say before the messenger,
“It was a mistake!”
Why should God be angry at your voice
    and destroy the work of your hands?
Many dreams and many words are meaningless.
Therefore, fear God!

Bureaucratic Oppression

If you see the oppression of the poor or perversion of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be shocked at the matter. For one authority watches over another authority, and higher ones are over them.

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