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Who hath ascended up into heaven, and descended? who hath held the wind in his hands? who hath bound up the waters together as in a garment? who hath raised up all the borders of the earth? what is his name, and what is the name of his son, if thou knowest?
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Every word of God is fire tried: he is a buckler to them that hope in him.
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Add not any thing to his words, lest thou be reproved and found a liar:
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Two things I have asked of thee, deny them not to me before I die.
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Remove far from me vanity, and lying words. Give me neither beggary, nor riches: give me only the necessaries of life:
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Lest perhaps being filled, I should be tempted to deny, and say: Who is the Lord? or being compelled by poverty, I should steal, and forswear the name of my God.
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Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou fall.
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There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
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A generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
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A generation, whose eyes are lofty, and their eyelids lifted up on high.
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A generation that for teeth hath swords, and grindeth with their jaw teeth, to devour the needy from off the earth, and the poor from among men.