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Nehemiah 7:5

Nehemiah 7:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

put into mine: ; ; , ; ; ; ; Whatever good motion is in our minds, whether prudent or pious, we must acknowledge it to come from God; for every good gift and every good work are from above; he gives knowledge, he gives grace. What is commonly called human prudence, ought to be ascribed to the direction of Divine Providence. He who teaches the husbandman discretion, , as certainly over-rules the deliberations of senators.

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