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If you refuse to obey what you have been taught,
    your prayers will not be heard.

10 Those who lead good people to do wrong
    will be ruined by their own evil,
    but the innocent will be rewarded with good things.

11 Rich people may think they are wise,
    but the poor with understanding will prove them wrong.

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

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

11 The rich are wise in their own eyes;
    one who is poor and discerning sees how deluded they are.

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He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.

10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.

11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

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