gift: Proverbs 17:8, Proverbs 17:23, Proverbs 18:16, Proverbs 19:6; Genesis 32:20, Genesis 43:11; 1 Samuel 25:35
in secret: Matthew 6:3-4
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Proverbs 21:14
Proverbs 21:14
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