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Proverbs 21:13

Proverbs 21:13

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stoppeth: Psalms 58:4; Zechariah 7:11; Acts 7:57

at: Proverbs 28:27; Deuteronomy 15:7-11; Nehemiah 5:1-5, Nehemiah 5:13; Isaiah 1:15-17, Isaiah 58:6-9; Jeremiah 34:16-17; Zechariah 7:9-13; Matthew 6:14, Matthew 7:2, Matthew 18:30-35, Matthew 25:41-46; James 2:13-16

cry himself: Proverbs 1:28; Psalms 18:41; Luke 13:25

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