Wealth: Proverbs 10:2, Proverbs 20:21, Proverbs 28:8; Job 15:28-29, Job 20:15, Job 20:19-22, Job 27:16-17; Ecclesiastes 5:14; Jeremiah 17:11; Habakkuk 2:6-7; James 5:1-5
by labour: Heb. with the hand
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Proverbs 13:11
Proverbs 13:11
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