Remove: Proverbs 22:28; Deuteronomy 19:14, Deuteronomy 27:17; Job 24:2
landmark: or, bound
fatherless: Job 6:27, Job 22:9, Job 24:3, Job 24:9, Job 31:21-23; Psalms 94:6; Jeremiah 7:5, Jeremiah 22:3; Zechariah 7:10; Malachi 3:5; James 1:27
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Proverbs 23:10
Proverbs 23:10
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