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13 If you ignore the groans of the poor,
    one day your own cries for help will go unanswered.
14 A gift given in secret soothes anger,
    and a present offered privately calms fierce rage.
15 When justice is done, those who are in the right celebrate,
    but those who make trouble are terrified.

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13 Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor
    will also cry out(A) and not be answered.(B)

14 A gift given in secret soothes anger,
    and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.(C)

15 When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous
    but terror to evildoers.(D)

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