fear the Lord: Job 28:28; Psalms 111:10; Proverbs 1:7; Exodus 12:13; Hebrews 12:29
in truth: Psalms 119:80; John 1:47
consider: Ezra 9:13-14; Isaiah 5:12; Romans 12:1
how great things: or, what a great thing, etc. Deuteronomy 10:21; Psalms 126:2-3
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1 Samuel 12:24
1 Samuel 12:24
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