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1 Peter 3:12

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the eyes: Deuteronomy 11:12; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Psalms 11:4; Proverbs 15:3; Zechariah 4:10

his ears: 2 Chronicles 7:15; Psalms 65:2; Proverbs 15:8, Proverbs 15:29; John 9:31; James 5:16

but: Leviticus 17:10, Leviticus 20:3, Leviticus 20:6, Leviticus 26:17; Psalms 80:16; Jeremiah 21:10; Ezekiel 15:7

against: Gr. upon

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