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Proverbs 28:20

Proverbs 28:20

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

faithful: Proverbs 20:6; 1 Samuel 22:14; Nehemiah 7:2; Psalms 101:6, Psalms 112:4-9; Luke 12:42, Luke 16:1, Luke 16:10-12; 1 Corinthians 4:2-5; Revelation 2:10, Revelation 2:13

but: Proverbs 28:22, Proverbs 13:11, Proverbs 20:21, Proverbs 23:4; 2 Kings 5:20-27; 1 Timothy 6:9-10

innocent: or, unpunished, Proverbs 17:5 *marg.

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