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Proverbs 24:28

Proverbs 24:28

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not: Proverbs 14:5, Proverbs 19:5, Proverbs 19:9, Proverbs 21:28; Exodus 20:16, Exodus 23:1; 1 Samuel 22:9-10; 1 Kings 21:9-13; Job 2:3; Psalms 35:7, Psalms 35:11, Psalms 52:1 *title Matthew 26:59-60, Matthew 27:23; John 15:25

deceive: Ephesians 4:25; Colossians 3:9; Revelation 21:8, Revelation 22:15

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