16Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.
17Turn your ear, and sh'ma ·hear obey· the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.
18For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
19That your trust may be in Adonai , I teach you today, even you.
20Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge,
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