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Colossians 4:1

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give: Leviticus 19:13, Leviticus 25:39-43; Deuteronomy 15:12-15, Deuteronomy 24:14-15; Nehemiah 5:5-13; Job 24:11-12; Job 31:13-15; Isaiah 58:3, Isaiah 58:5-9; Jeremiah 34:9-17; Malachi 3:5; James 2:13, James 5:4

ye: Ecclesiastes 5:8; Matthew 23:8-9, Matthew 24:48-51; Luke 16:1-13, Luke 19:15; Ephesians 6:8, Ephesians 6:9-20; Revelation 17:14, Revelation 19:16

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