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Those who abandon Instruction praise the wicked,
    but those who follow Instruction battle them.
Evil people don’t understand justice,
    but those who seek the Lord understand everything.
Better to be poor and walk in innocence
    than to be on crooked paths and wealthy.

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Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked,
    but those who heed it resist them.

Evildoers do not understand what is right,
    but those who seek the Lord understand it fully.

Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than the rich whose ways are perverse.(A)

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