Proverbs 22:21-23

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²¹in order to teach you true and reliable words,
so that you may give a dependable report^[a]^(A)
to those who sent you?^(B)

²²Don’t rob a poor person because he is poor,
and don’t crush the oppressed^(C) at the city gate,^(D)
²³for the Lord will champion their cause^(E)
and will plunder those who plunder them.

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22:21 Lit give dependable words

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