Scornful: Proverbs 11:11; Isaiah 28:14-22; Matthew 27:39-43; John 9:40-41, John 11:47-50; 1 Thessalonians 2:15-16
bring a city into a snare: or, set a city on fire, James 3:5-6
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Proverbs 29:8
Proverbs 29:8
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