that by: Proverbs 13:22; Job 27:16-17; Ecclesiastes 2:26
unjust gain: Heb. by increase, Leviticus 25:36; Ezekiel 18:8, Ezekiel 18:13, Ezekiel 18:17
pity: Proverbs 19:7; 2 Samuel 12:6
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Proverbs 28:8
Proverbs 28:8
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