seek: Proverbs 19:6; Psalms 20:9
ruler's favour: Heb. face of a ruler, Proverbs 16:7, Proverbs 19:21, Proverbs 21:1; Genesis 43:14; Ezra 7:27-28; Nehemiah 1:11; Esther 4:16; Psalms 20:9; Psalms 62:12; Isaiah 46:9-11; Daniel 4:35
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Proverbs 29:26
Proverbs 29:26
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