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If you make money by charging
    high interest rates,
you will lose it all to someone
    who cares for the poor.
God cannot stand the prayers
of anyone who disobeys
    his Law.
10 By leading good people to sin,
    you dig a pit for yourself,
but all who live right
    will have a bright future.

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Whoever increases wealth by taking interest(A) or profit from the poor
    amasses it for another,(B) who will be kind to the poor.(C)

If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction,
    even their prayers are detestable.(D)

10 Whoever leads the upright along an evil path
    will fall into their own trap,(E)
    but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.

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