the counsel: 2 Chronicles 22:4-5; Esther 1:16-21, Esther 2:2-4; Proverbs 12:5; Isaiah 19:11-13; Daniel 6:7
My father made: 1 Kings 12:10-11; Proverbs 13:10, Proverbs 16:18, Proverbs 17:14; Ecclesiastes 7:8; James 3:14-18, James 4:1-2
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1 Kings 12:14
1 Kings 12:14
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