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Those who disobey what they have been taught praise the wicked,
    but those who obey what they have been taught are against them.

Evil people do not understand justice,
    but those who follow the Lord understand it completely.

It is better to be poor and innocent
    than to be rich and wicked.

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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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