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Proverbs 22:6-8
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6 Train the child concerning his way;[a]
    even when he is old, he will not stray from it.
7 The rich will rule over the poor,
    and the borrower is a slave of the lender.[b]
8 He who sows injustice will reap calamity,
    and the rod of his anger will fail.

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  1. Proverbs 22:6 Literally “on the mouth of his way”
  2. Proverbs 22:7 Literally “the borrower belonging to a man”
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Proverbs 22:6-8
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6 Start(A) children off on the way they should go,(B)
    and even when they are old they will not turn from it.(C)

7 The rich rule over the poor,
    and the borrower is slave to the lender.

8 Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,(D)
    and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.(E)

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