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Proverbs 15:19

Proverbs 15:19

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

way of the slothful: Proverbs 22:5, Proverbs 22:13, Proverbs 26:13; Numbers 14:1-3, Numbers 14:7-9

the way of the righteous: Proverbs 3:6, Proverbs 8:9; Psalms 5:8, Psalms 25:8-9, Psalms 25:12, Psalms 27:11; Isaiah 30:21, Isaiah 35:8

made plain: Heb. raised up as a causey, Isaiah 57:14

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