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Honor the physician with the honor due him, according to your need of him, for the Lord created him;
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for healing comes from the Most High, and he will receive a gift from the king.
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The skill of the physician lifts up his head, and in the presence of great men he is admired.
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The Lord created medicines from the earth, and a sensible man will not despise them.
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Was not water made sweet with a tree in order that his power might be known?
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.