3 For God is not as men who bear a grudge, but Himself is without malice and hath compassion on His creatures. (HER)
Mandates 39:3
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3 But they that have great clefts, these are persistent in their backbitings and bear grudges, nursing wrath against one another. These then were thrown right away from the tower and rejected from its building. Such persons therefore shall with difficulty live. (HER) 4 … (HER)
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2 Esdras 7:137–139
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Epistle to Diognetus 8:6–8
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2 Maccabees 6:15–17
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1 Clement 23:1–2
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