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Righteousness protects the honest way of life,
    but wickedness ruins a sacrifice for sin.

One person pretends to be rich but has nothing.
    Another pretends to be poor but has great wealth.
A person’s riches are the ransom for his life,
    but the poor person does not pay attention to threats.

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Righteousness guards the person of integrity,
    but wickedness overthrows the sinner.(A)

One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;(B)
    another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.(C)

A person’s riches may ransom their life,
    but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.(D)

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