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Proverbs 6:16

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six: Proverbs 8:13, Proverbs 30:18, Proverbs 30:21, Proverbs 30:24, Proverbs 30:29; Amos 1:3, Amos 1:6, Amos 1:9, Amos 1:11, Amos 2:1, Amos 2:4, Amos 2:6

an: Proverbs 3:32, Proverbs 11:1, Proverbs 11:20, Proverbs 15:8-9, Proverbs 17:15, Proverbs 20:10, Proverbs 20:23; Deuteronomy 18:10-12, Deuteronomy 23:18, Deuteronomy 24:4; Deuteronomy 25:16; Revelation 21:27

unto him: Heb. of his soul, Psalms 11:5

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