coveteth: Acts 20:33-35; 1 Thessalonians 2:5-9
the righteous: Psalms 37:26, Psalms 112:9; Luke 6:30-36; Acts 20:35; 2 Corinthians 8:7-9, 2 Corinthians 9:9-14
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Proverbs 21:26
Proverbs 21:26
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