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A man's almsgiving is like a signet with the Lord and he will keep a person's kindness like the apple of his eye.
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Afterward he will arise and requite them, and he will bring their recompense on their heads.
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Yet to those who repent he grants a return, and he encourages those whose endurance is failing.
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Turn to the Lord and forsake your sins; pray in his presence and lessen your offenses.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.