13 though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,
Job 20:13
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Exodus 9:1–3
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Job 20:19–21
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2 Kings 4:19–21
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Proverbs 19:23–25
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Proverbs 23:1–3
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Sirach 30:19–21
19 What does an offering profit an idol? For it can’t eat or smell. So is he who is punished by the Lord, (WEB) 20 seeing with his eyes and groaning, like a eunuch embracing a virgin and groaning. (WEB) 21 Don’t give your soul to sorrow. Don’t afflict yourself deliberately. (WEB)
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