a jewel: Proverbs 31:30; Ezekiel 16:15-22; Nahum 3:4-6; 1 Peter 3:3-4; 2 Peter 2:22
is without: Heb. departed from, Proverbs 7:10, Proverbs 9:13
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Proverbs 11:22
Proverbs 11:22
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