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Amos 6:1

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to them: Judges 18:7; Isaiah 32:9-11, Isaiah 33:14; Jeremiah 48:11, Jeremiah 49:31; Luke 6:24-25; Luke 12:17-20; James 5:5; 1 Peter 5:7

at ease: or, secure, Jeremiah 7:4

and trust: Amos 4:1, Amos 8:14; 1 Kings 16:24

named: Exodus 19:5-6; Lamentations 1:1

chief: or, firstfruits, James 1:18

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