that: Proverbs 6:16-17, Proverbs 8:13; Job 40:12; James 4:6
though: Proverbs 11:21
unpunished: Heb. held innocent, Exodus 20:7; Isaiah 3:11; Romans 2:8-9
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Proverbs 16:5
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