sacrifice: Proverbs 15:8, Proverbs 28:9; 1 Samuel 13:12-13, 1 Samuel 15:21-23; Psalms 50:8-13; Isaiah 1:11-16, Isaiah 66:3; Jeremiah 6:20, Jeremiah 7:11-12; Amos 5:21-22
with a wicked mind: Heb. in wickedness, Matthew 23:14
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Proverbs 21:27
Proverbs 21:27
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