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Proverbs 14:29

Proverbs 14:29

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

slow: Proverbs 14:17, Proverbs 15:18, Proverbs 16:32; Numbers 12:3; Matthew 11:29; 1 Corinthians 13:4-5; James 1:19, James 3:17-18

but: Proverbs 22:24-25, Proverbs 25:8, Proverbs 25:28; Ecclesiastes 7:9; Daniel 3:19-25; Matthew 2:16

hasty: Heb. short

exalteth: Proverbs 4:8; Ecclesiastes 10:6

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