And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay. Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the Lord.
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