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14 A deep pit is the mouth of an adulteress,[a]
    he with whom Yahweh is angry will fall there.
15 Folly is bound up in the heart[b] of a boy;[c]
    the rod of discipline will drive it[d] from him.
16 He who oppresses the poor in order to enrich himself,
    or gives to the rich, will come to poverty.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:14 Literally “a strange woman”
  2. Proverbs 22:15 Or “mind”
  3. Proverbs 22:15 Or “young man,” or “adolescent”
  4. Proverbs 22:15 That is, folly
  5. Proverbs 22:16 Literally “only loss”