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Terror and violence will lay waste riches;
    thus the house of the proud will be laid waste.
The prayer of a poor man goes from his lips to the ears of God,[a]
    and his judgment comes speedily.
Whoever hates reproof walks in the steps of the sinner,
    but he that fears the Lord will repent in his heart.

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  1. Sirach 21:5 Gk his ears

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