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Proverbs 13:17

Proverbs 13:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

wicked: Proverbs 10:26, Proverbs 26:6; Jeremiah 23:13-16, Jeremiah 23:28; Ezekiel 3:18, Ezekiel 33:7-8; 2 Corinthians 2:17

but: Proverbs 25:13, Proverbs 25:23; 1 Corinthians 4:2; 2 Corinthians 5:20; 1 Timothy 1:12; 2 Timothy 2:2

a faithful ambassador: Heb. an ambassador of faithfulness

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