thou wert: Job 1:8, Job 4:6-7, Job 21:14-15, Job 16:17; Psalms 26:5-6; Proverbs 15:8; Isaiah 1:15; 1 Timothy 2:8; 1 John 3:19-22
he would: Psalms 44:23, Psalms 59:4-5; Isaiah 51:9
make: Job 22:23-30; Isaiah 3:10
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Job 8:6
Job 8:6
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