eyes: 2 Chronicles 16:9; Isaiah 59:19-21; Matthew 16:16-18; Acts 5:39, Acts 12:23-24; Revelation 11:3-11; Revelation 12:14-17
words: or, matters
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Proverbs 22:12
Proverbs 22:12
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