loveth: Proverbs 21:20, Proverbs 5:10-11, Proverbs 23:21; Luke 15:13-16, Luke 16:24-25; 1 Timothy 5:6; 2 Timothy 3:4
pleasure: Heb. sport
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Proverbs 21:17
Proverbs 21:17
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