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Proverbs 30:9

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I be full: Deuteronomy 6:10-12, Deuteronomy 8:10-14, Deuteronomy 31:20, Deuteronomy 32:15; Nehemiah 9:25-26; Job 31:24-28; Jeremiah 2:31; Ezekiel 16:14-15, Ezekiel 16:49-50; Daniel 4:17, Daniel 4:30; Hosea 13:6; Acts 12:22-23

deny thee: Heb. belie thee

Who: Exodus 5:2; 2 Chronicles 32:15-17

or: Proverbs 6:30-31; Psalms 125:3

and take the name: Proverbs 29:24; Exodus 20:7; Leviticus 5:1; Matthew 26:72, Matthew 26:74

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