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Mark 9:50

Mark 9:50

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

is good: Job 6:6; Matthew 5:13; Luke 14:34-35

Have salt: Ephesians 4:29; Colossians 4:6

have peace: Psalms 34:14, Psalms 133:1; John 13:34-35, John 15:17-18; Romans 12:18, Romans 14:17-19; 2 Corinthians 13:11; Galatians 5:14-15, Galatians 5:22; Ephesians 4:2-6, Ephesians 4:31-32; Philippians 1:27, Philippians 2:1-3; Colossians 3:12; 2 Timothy 2:22; Hebrews 12:14; James 1:20, James 3:14-18; 1 Peter 3:8

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