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Proverbs 12:15
Proverbs 12:15
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1. Envious greed. (Proverbs 12:12.) The wicked desires the "takings" of the evil. It is a general description of greedy strife and competition, one man trying…Proverbs 12:15Proverbs 12:15 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleSee here, 1. What it is that keeps a fool from being wise: His way is
right in his own eyes; he thinks he is in the right in every thing he
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