deceit: Heb. lying, or falsehood, Proverbs 4:17
is sweet: Proverbs 9:17-18; Genesis 3:6-7; Job 20:12-20; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Hebrews 11:25
his: Lamentations 3:15-16
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Proverbs 20:17
Proverbs 20:17
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