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Proverbs 4:25
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Job 35:4–6
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Proverbs 6:3–5
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Sirach 26:10–12
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Proverbs 3:20–22
20 By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew. 21 My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment. 22 They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.
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