better: Genesis 48:1-22, Genesis 49:2-33, Genesis 50:15-17; Job 1:4-5; Isaiah 5:11-12, Isaiah 22:12-14; Amos 6:3-6; Matthew 5:4, Matthew 14:6-12; 1 Peter 4:3-4
living: Deuteronomy 32:46; Isaiah 47:7; Haggai 1:5 *marg. Malachi 2:2
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Ecclesiastes 7:2
Ecclesiastes 7:2
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