a covenant: Genesis 6:2; 2 Samuel 11:2-4; Psalms 119:37; Proverbs 4:25, Proverbs 23:31-33; Matthew 5:28-29; 1 John 2:16
think: Proverbs 6:25; James 1:14-15
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Job 31:1
Job 31:1
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