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Proverbs 28:13

Proverbs 28:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

that: Proverbs 10:12, Proverbs 17:9; Genesis 3:12-13, Genesis 4:9; 1 Samuel 15:13, 1 Samuel 15:24; Job 31:33; Psalms 32:3-5; Jeremiah 2:22-23; Matthew 23:25-28

whoso: Leviticus 26:40-42; 1 Kings 8:47-49; Job 33:27; Psalms 51:1-5, Psalms 51:10; Jeremiah 3:12-13; Daniel 9:20-23; Luke 15:18-24; 1 John 1:8-10

and forsaketh: Exodus 10:16-17; 1 Samuel 15:30; Matthew 3:6-10, Matthew 27:4-5; Acts 26:20

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