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Proverbs 19:21

Proverbs 19:21

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

many: Proverbs 12:2; Genesis 37:19-20; Esther 9:25; Psalms 21:11, Psalms 33:10-11, Psalms 83:4; Ecclesiastes 7:29; Isaiah 7:6-7; Daniel 11:24-25; Matthew 26:4-5, Matthew 27:63-64

nevertheless: Proverbs 16:1, Proverbs 16:9, Proverbs 21:1, Proverbs 21:30; Genesis 45:4-8, Genesis 50:20; Job 23:13; Isaiah 14:24, Isaiah 14:26-27; Isaiah 46:10; Daniel 4:35; Acts 4:27-28, Acts 5:38-39; Ephesians 1:11; Hebrews 6:17-18; 1 Peter 2:8; Jude 1:4

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