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Psalms 51:6

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Behold: Psalms 26:2, Psalms 125:4; Genesis 20:5-6; 2 Kings 20:3; 1 Chronicles 29:17; 2 Chronicles 31:20-21; Proverbs 2:21; Jeremiah 5:3; John 4:23-24; 2 Corinthians 1:12; James 4:8

inward: Psalms 5:9; 1 Samuel 16:7; Job 38:36; Luke 11:39; Romans 7:22

in the hidden: Job 32:8; Jeremiah 31:33, Jeremiah 32:40; 1 Peter 3:4

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