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[a](A)Train up a child [b]according to his way,
Even when he is old he will not [c]depart from it.
The (B)rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is the slave of the lender.
He who (C)sows unrighteousness will reap iniquity,
And the (D)rod of his fury will end.

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  1. Proverbs 22:6 Lit Dedicate
  2. Proverbs 22:6 Or in the way he should go, according to his own way
  3. Proverbs 22:6 Lit turn away

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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