with: Proverbs 16:16, Proverbs 21:6; Psalms 49:16-20; Ecclesiastes 2:4-9, Ecclesiastes 4:8; Mark 8:36-37; Luke 12:20
get understanding: Psalms 119:104
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Proverbs 4:7
Proverbs 4:7
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