there: Psalms 9:17, Psalms 11:6; Isaiah 3:11
candle: or, lamp, Proverbs 13:9, Proverbs 20:20; Job 18:5-6, Job 21:17; Matthew 8:12, Matthew 25:8; Jude 1:13
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Proverbs 24:20
Proverbs 24:20
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