lead: or, walk, Proverbs 3:6, Proverbs 4:11-12, Proverbs 6:22; Psalms 23:3, Psalms 25:4-5, Psalms 32:8; Isaiah 2:3, Isaiah 49:10, Isaiah 55:4; John 10:3, John 10:27-28; Revelation 7:17
in the: Proverbs 4:25-27; Deuteronomy 5:32
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Proverbs 8:20
Proverbs 8:20
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