my mouth: Job 36:4; John 1:17, John 8:14, John 8:45-46, John 14:6, John 17:17, John 18:37; Revelation 3:14
an abomination to: Heb. the abomination of, Proverbs 12:22, Proverbs 16:12, Proverbs 29:27
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Proverbs 8:7
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