afraid: Proverbs 25:20
scarlet: or, double garments, Genesis 45:22
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Proverbs 31:21
Proverbs 31:21
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The fear of God is the leading thought in these meditations; and this in a twofold relation—to the king in his rule in the state, and the woman in her rule in the house.