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By means of justice, a king builds up a country,
    but a person who confiscates religious contributions tears it down.

A person who flatters his neighbor
    is spreading a net for him to step into.
To an evil person sin is bait in a trap,
    but a righteous person runs away from it[a] and is glad.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:6 Hebrew meaning of “runs away from it” uncertain.

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