31 For on all the poor and oppressed I bestowed the good things of the earth in the singleness of my heart. (T12)
Testament of Issachar 1:31
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Job 29:15–17
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Job 29:11–13
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Job 31:15–17
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Proverbs 8:20–22
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Job 31:38–40
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Job 31:24–26
24 If I have put my trust in gold or called pure gold my security, 25 if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much, 26 if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,
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