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15     When he leans into his house of silken threads for support,
        it won’t hold;
    Though his arms grab to steady him,
        it will break—he will fall and never get back up.
16     Still the godless appears to be a hardy plant,
        thriving in full sun, sending his shoots across the garden.
17     The roots twine and grip the stone heap
        and search for a home among the rocks.

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15 They lean on the web,(A) but it gives way;
    they cling to it, but it does not hold.(B)
16 They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine,
    spreading its shoots(C) over the garden;(D)
17 it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks
    and looks for a place among the stones.

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