despiseth: or, rejecteth, 1 Samuel 8:7, 1 Samuel 10:19; John 12:48
despiseth not: Proverbs 1:7, Proverbs 23:9; Isaiah 49:7, Isaiah 53:10; Luke 10:16; Acts 13:41; Jude 1:8
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1 Thessalonians 4:8
1 Thessalonians 4:8
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