a lamp: Job 18:5; Proverbs 13:9, Proverbs 20:20; Matthew 25:8
of him: Job 6:5, Job 16:4; Psalms 123:3-4; Amos 6:1-6; Luke 12:19, Luke 16:19-20
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Job 12:5
Job 12:5
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