(A)Train up a child in the way he should go,
[a]And when he is old he will not depart from it.

The (B)rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.

He who sows iniquity will reap (C)sorrow,[b]
And the rod of his anger will fail.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:6 Even
  2. Proverbs 22:8 trouble

Start(A) children off on the way they should go,(B)
    and even when they are old they will not turn from it.(C)

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

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

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Hãy huấn luyện trẻ thơ con đường chúng nên theo,
    Để khi về già chúng cũng không đi lạc.
Người giàu cai trị kẻ nghèo
    Và kẻ nào vay mượn là đầy tớ của kẻ cho mượn.
Kẻ nào gieo bất công sẽ gặt tai họa,
    Và cây gậy giận dữ của nó sẽ gãy.

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Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

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