What: Judges 6:13; Jeremiah 44:17-19
wisely: Heb. out of wisdom, Genesis 6:11-12; Psalms 14:2-3; Isaiah 50:1; Romans 1:22-32, Romans 3:9-19
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Ecclesiastes 7:10
Ecclesiastes 7:10
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