Hearken: Numbers 22:20; Psalms 81:11-12; Isaiah 66:4; Hosea 13:10-11
they have not: 1 Samuel 10:19, 1 Samuel 12:17-19; Exodus 16:8; Matthew 10:24-25, Matthew 10:40; Luke 10:16, Luke 19:14, Luke 19:27; John 13:16, John 15:20-21
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1 Samuel 8:7
1 Samuel 8:7
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