Children's: Genesis 50:23; Job 42:16-17; Psalms 127:3-5, Psalms 128:3-6
and the: Exodus 3:14-15; 1 Kings 11:12, 1 Kings 15:4
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Proverbs 17:6
Proverbs 17:6
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