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# Extortion
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This refers to forcing someone to give money or other valuable items to another so that the other person does not harm him. It is considered wrong.
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# makes a wise man foolish
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Possible meanings are 1) "turns the wise man into a foolish man" or 2) "makes the advice of the wise man appear to be foolish advice."
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# corrupts the heart
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Here the word "heart" refers to the mind. Alternate translation: "ruins a person's ability to think and judge rightly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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