hand: Proverbs 16:5; Exodus 23:2
the seed: Proverbs 13:22; Genesis 17:7-8; Psalms 37:26, Psalms 112:1-2; Isaiah 27:4; Jeremiah 32:39; Acts 2:39
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Proverbs 11:21
Proverbs 11:21
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