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Proverbs 19:2
Proverbs 19:2
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He who is truly humble before his God will be sweet, kind, and peaceable in his relations to men.
I. THE ATTRIBUTES OF THIS LIFE. (Proverbs 19:1-3.)
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To be without the knowledge of the soul is not good, so some read it.
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