Proverbs 22:6-8

English Standard Version

⁶^(A)Train up a child in the way he should go;
    even when he is old he will not depart from it.
⁷^(B)The rich rules over the poor,
    and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
⁸Whoever ^(C)sows injustice will reap calamity,
    and ^(D)the rod of his fury will fail.

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Proverbs 22:6-8

New International Version

⁶Start^(A) children off on the way they should go,^(B)
and even when they are old they will not turn from it.^(C)

⁷The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is slave to the lender.

⁸Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,^(D)
and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.^(E)

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