justify: Job 9:2, Job 4:17, Job 32:1-2; Psalms 130:3, Psalms 143:2; Luke 10:29, Luke 16:15
I am perfect: Job 1:1; Philippians 3:12-15
it shall: Job 33:8-13; Proverbs 17:20; 1 Timothy 6:5
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Job 9:20
Job 9:20
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