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Wait on God with patience: join thyself to God, and endure, that thy life may be increased in the latter end.
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SON, when thou comest to the service of God, stand in justice and in fear, and prepare thy soul for temptation.
2
Humble thy heart, and endure: incline thy ear, and receive the words of understanding: and make not haste in the time of clouds.
3
Wait on God with patience: join thyself to God, and endure, that thy life may be increased in the latter end.
4
Take all that shall be brought upon thee: and in thy sorrow endure, and in thy humiliation keep patience.
5
For gold and silver are tried in the fire, but acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.
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