diligent: Genesis 31:38-40, Genesis 33:13; 1 Samuel 17:28; 1 Chronicles 27:29-31; 2 Chronicles 26:10; Ezekiel 34:22-24, Ezekiel 34:31; John 21:15-17; 1 Peter 5:2
look well: Heb. set thy heart, Proverbs 24:32 *marg. Exodus 7:23; Deuteronomy 32:46
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Proverbs 27:23
Proverbs 27:23
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