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Proverbs 10:17

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the way: Proverbs 3:1-2, Proverbs 3:18, Proverbs 4:4, Proverbs 4:13, Proverbs 12:1, Proverbs 22:17-19; Matthew 7:24-27; Luke 11:28; Hebrews 2:1; 2 Peter 1:5-11

he that: Proverbs 1:25-26, Proverbs 1:30, Proverbs 5:12, Proverbs 15:10, Proverbs 29:1; 2 Chronicles 25:16; Hebrews 12:25

erreth: or, causeth to err, Ecclesiastes 5:6

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