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Job 23:12

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Neither: John 6:66-69, John 8:31; Acts 14:22; Hebrews 10:38-39; 1 John 2:19

I have esteemed: Heb. hid, or, laid up, Job 22:22; Psalms 19:9-10, Psalms 119:11, Psalms 119:103, Psalms 119:127; Jeremiah 15:16; John 4:32, John 4:34; 1 Peter 2:2

necessary food: or, appointed portion, Luke 12:42, Luke 12:46

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