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Wisdom of Solomon 15:17
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Wisdom of Solomon 15:7–9
7 For a potter, kneading soft earth, laboriously molds each article for our service. He fashions out of the same clay both the vessels that minister to clean uses, and those of a contrary sort, all in like manner. What shall be the use of each article of either… (WEB)
Baruch 6:45–47
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Wisdom of Solomon 13:2–4
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Wisdom of Solomon 14:7–9
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Wisdom of Solomon 15:12–14
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Acts 17:28–30
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