22 His blessing covered the dry land as a river and saturated it as a flood. (WEB) 23 As he has made the waters salty, so the heathen will inherit his wrath. (WEB) 24 His ways are plain to the holy. They are stumbling blocks to the wicked. (WEB)
Sirach 39:22–24
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Job 20:26–28
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Job 20:16–18
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Psalms 74:14–16
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Sirach 49:8–10
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