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Proverbs 13:20

Proverbs 13:20

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

that: Proverbs 2:20; Psalms 119:63; Song of Solomon 1:7-8; Malachi 3:16; Acts 2:42; Hebrews 10:24

but: Proverbs 1:11-19, Proverbs 2:12-19, Proverbs 7:22-23, Proverbs 7:27, Proverbs 9:6; Genesis 13:12-13, Genesis 14:12; 1 Kings 12:8, 1 Kings 12:10; 1 Kings 22:4, 1 Kings 22:32; 2 Chronicles 19:2; 1 Corinthians 15:33-34; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Revelation 18:4

destroyed: Heb. broken

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