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20 Even the neighbours of poor people do not like them.
    But rich people have many friends.
21 It is a sin if you do not respect your neighbour.
    But if you are kind to helpless people, God will bless you.
22 People who want to do evil things have lost their way.
    But those who want to do good things show faithful love.

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20 The poor are shunned even by their neighbors,
    but the rich have many friends.(A)

21 It is a sin to despise one’s neighbor,(B)
    but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy.(C)

22 Do not those who plot evil go astray?(D)
    But those who plan what is good find[a] love and faithfulness.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:22 Or show