a snare: Exodus 10:7; Psalms 7:14-16, Psalms 38:12; Proverbs 26:24-26, Proverbs 29:5; Jeremiah 5:26, Jeremiah 9:8
the hand: 1 Samuel 18:17, 1 Samuel 19:11-12
this day: 1 Samuel 18:26
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1 Samuel 18:21
1 Samuel 18:21
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