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Proverbs 17:14

Proverbs 17:14

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

beginning: Proverbs 17:19, Proverbs 26:21, Proverbs 29:22; Judges 12:1-6; 2 Samuel 2:14-17, 2 Samuel 19:41-43, 2 Samuel 20:1-22; 2 Chronicles 10:14-16, 2 Chronicles 13:17, 2 Chronicles 25:17-24, 2 Chronicles 28:6

leave: Proverbs 13:10, Proverbs 14:29, Proverbs 15:1, Proverbs 16:32, Proverbs 19:11, Proverbs 20:3, Proverbs 25:8; Genesis 13:8-9; Judges 8:1-3; Ecclesiastes 7:8-9; Matthew 5:39-41; Acts 6:1-5, Acts 15:2-21; Romans 12:18; 1 Thessalonians 4:11; 2 Timothy 2:23-24; James 3:14-18

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