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A seated man holds a purse close while another man waits at a distance.
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Proverbs 22:16

Two Ways toward Poverty

A Name above Wealth and Words of the Wise · Proverbs 22

Story guide: A guarded purse gives way to a gift offered to a well-dressed man, keeping the two practices visually distinct.

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16One who oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, and one who gives to the rich—both come only to poverty.

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