Submit: 1 Samuel 3:18; 2 Samuel 15:26; 2 Kings 1:13-15; 2 Chronicles 30:8, 2 Chronicles 33:12-13; Job 1:21; Job 40:3-5, Job 42:1-6; Psalms 32:3-5, Psalms 66:3, Psalms 68:30; Jeremiah 13:18; Daniel 4:25, Daniel 4:32, Daniel 4:34-37; Matthew 11:29; Acts 9:6, Acts 16:29-31, Acts 26:19; Romans 10:3, Romans 14:11; Ephesians 5:21; Hebrews 12:9; 1 Peter 2:13
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James 4:7
James 4:7
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