the sweetness: Proverbs 16:24, Proverbs 15:7, Proverbs 27:9; Psalms 45:2; Ecclesiastes 12:10; Isaiah 50:4; Luke 4:22; John 7:46
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Proverbs 16:21
Proverbs 16:21
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