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Evil people do not understand justice.
    But people who serve the Lord understand all about it.
It is better to be poor and live in an honest way
    than to be a rich hypocrite.
If you obey the law, you are a wise child.
But if you make friends with greedy people,
    you will make your parents ashamed.

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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)

A discerning son heeds instruction,
    but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.(B)

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