a generation: Proverbs 30:12-14; Matthew 3:7; 1 Peter 2:9
that curseth: Proverbs 30:17, Proverbs 20:20; Leviticus 20:9; Deuteronomy 21:20-21, Deuteronomy 27:16; Matthew 15:4-6; Mark 7:10-13
doth: 1 Timothy 5:4, 1 Timothy 5:8
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Proverbs 30:11
Proverbs 30:11
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