look well to him: Heb. set thine eyes upon him, Jeremiah 24:6, Jeremiah 40:4 *marg. Proverbs 23:5; Amos 9:4; 1 Peter 3:12
do him: Psalms 105:14-15; Proverbs 16:7, Proverbs 21:1; Acts 7:10; 1 Peter 3:13
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Jeremiah 39:12
Jeremiah 39:12
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