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Job 11:12

Job 11:12

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

For vain: Heb. For empty, Psalms 62:9-10, Psalms 73:22, Psalms 92:6; Ecclesiastes 3:18; Romans 1:22; James 2:20

would: Job 5:13, Job 12:2-3, Job 28:28; Proverbs 30:2-4; Romans 12:16; 1 Corinthians 3:18-20; James 3:13-17

man be: Job 15:14; Psalms 51:5; Ephesians 2:3

a wild: Job 6:5, Job 39:5-8; Jeremiah 2:24

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