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Train up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from it.(A)

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

He who sows iniquity will reap calamity and futility, and the rod of his wrath [with which he smites others] will fail.

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Start(A) children off on the way they should go,(B)
    and even when they are old they will not turn from it.(C)

The rich rule over the poor,
    and the borrower is slave to the lender.

Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,(D)
    and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.(E)

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