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Saying Twenty-Five

10 If you faint in the day of adversity,
    your strength is small.
11 If you refrain to deliver those who are drawn unto death,
    and those who are ready to be slain;
12 if you say, “Surely we did not know this,”
    does not He who ponders the heart consider it?
And He who keeps your soul, does He not know it?
    And will He not render to every man according to his works?

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Saying 25

10 If you falter in a time of trouble,
    how small is your strength!(A)
11 Rescue those being led away to death;
    hold back those staggering toward slaughter.(B)
12 If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,”
    does not he who weighs(C) the heart perceive it?
Does not he who guards your life know it?
    Will he not repay(D) everyone according to what they have done?(E)

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