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30 If you have peace in your mind, your body will be healthy.
    But if you are jealous, it will eat away your body.
31 If you are cruel to poor people,
    you are insulting God who created them.
But if you are kind to helpless people,
    it shows that you respect God.
32 When wicked people are in trouble, they cannot stand.
    But righteous people still trust God,
    even when they are in danger of death.

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30 A heart at peace gives life to the body,
    but envy rots the bones.(A)

31 Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker,(B)
    but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.(C)

32 When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down,(D)
    but even in death the righteous seek refuge in God.(E)

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