3 I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
Job 5:3
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1 Clement 39:7–9
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Psalms 37:34–36
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Sirach 3:27–29
27 A stubborn heart will be burdened with troubles. The sinner will heap sin upon sins. (WEB) 28 The calamity of the proud has no healing, for a weed of wickedness has taken root in him. (WEB) 29 The heart of the prudent will understand a proverb. A wise man desires the ear of a li… (WEB)
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