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Dedicate[a] a child to the way he should go,
and even when he becomes old, he will not turn away from it.
A rich person rules over poor people,
and a borrower is a slave to a lender.
Whoever sows injustice reaps trouble,
and the rod that inflicts his fury will be destroyed.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:6 Or consecrate. The Hebrew word used here is not one of the usual words for teaching or training, but it is the same word used for dedicating a temple. It adds the connotation of entrusting the child to the Lord, as Hannah did.