[1]Prologue (Prov 1:1-7)
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| | A(1:1) | | 1:1 Solomon (1:1) |
| | | B(1:2-4) | | | | 1:2 may understand words of intelligence;(1:2) | (להבין) |
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| | A'(1:5) | | 1:5 A wise man (1:5) |
| | | B'(1:6-7) | | | | 1:6 That he may comprehend proverb and parable (1:6) | (להבין) |
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A: Wise man. B: To understand. |
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[2]Invitation of wisdom (Prov 1:8-33)
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| | A(1:8-9) | | 1:8 Hear, my son, your father's instruction (1:8) |
| | | B(1:10-14) | | | Words of evil companions |
| | | | C(1:15-19) | | | | | "1:15 My son, walk not in the way with them" | (בדרך) |
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| | A'(1:20-21) | | 1:20 Wisdom cries aloud in the street (1:20) |
| | | B'(1:22-27) | | | Words of wisdom |
| | | | C'(1:28-33) | | | | | 1:31 Now they must eat the fruit of their own way | (דרכם) |
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A: Voice of wisdom. B: Words of evil companions / words of wisdom. C: The way. |
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[3]Value of Wisdom (Prov 2:1-22)
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| | A(2:1-8) | | 2:8 Guarding the paths of justice, protecting the way of his pious ones |
| | | B(2:9-15) | | | 2:13 Who leave the straight paths to walk in the way of darkness |
| | | B'(2:16-19) | | | 2:19 None who enter thereon come back again, or gain the paths of life |
| | A'(2:20-22) | | 2:20 Thus you may walk in the way of good men, and keep to the paths of the just |
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A: The way of the good. B: The way of the wicked. |
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[4]Blessing of wisdom (Prov 3:1-10)
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| | A1(3:1-2) | | 3:1 forget not my teaching |
| | A2(3:3-4) | | 3:3 Let not kindness and fidelity leave you |
| | A3(3:5-6) | | 3:6 be mindful of him |
| | A4(3:7-8) | | 3:7 Be not wise in your own eyes |
| | A5(3:9-10) | | 3:9 Honor the LORD with your wealth, with first fruits of all your produce; |
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A: Teachings. |
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[5]Gift of wisdom (Prov 3:11-20)
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| | A(3:11-12) | | 3:11 The discipline of the LORD |
| | | B(3:13-14) | | | | 3:13 Happy the man | (אשׁרי) |
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| | | | C(3:15-16) | | | | 3:16 Long life is in her right hand, in her left are riches and honor |
| | | B'(3:17-18) | | | | 3:18 he is happy who holds her fast | (מאשׁר) |
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| | A'(3:19-20) | | 3:19 The LORD by wisdom founded the earth (3:19) |
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A: Wisdom of the LORD. B: Happiness. C: Prosperity. |
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[6]Exhortation of wisdom (Prov 3:21-35)
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| | A(3:21-24) | | 3:22 an adornment for your neck |
| | | B(3:25-26) | | | 3:26 For the LORD will be your confidence, and will keep your foot from the snare |
| | | | C(3:27-28) | | | | 3:27 Refuse no one the good |
| | | | C'(3:29-30) | | | | 3:29 Plot no evil against your neighbor |
| | | B'(3:31-32) | | | 3:32 To the LORD the perverse man is an abomination, but with the upright is his friendship |
| | A'(3:33-35) | | 3:35 Honor is the possession of wise men |
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A: Honor. B: To avoid evils. C: Love to the neighbors. |
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[7]Gain wisdom (Prov 4:1-9)
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| | A(4:1-3) | | | 4:2 my teaching do not forsake | (תעזבו) |
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| | | B(4:4-5) | | | | "4:5 Get wisdom, get understanding" | (קנה) |
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| | A'(4:6) | | | 4:6 Forsake her not | (תעזבה) |
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| | | B'(4:7-9) | | | | 4:7 The beginning of wisdom is: get wisdom | (קנה) |
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A: Do not forsake. B: Get wisdom. |
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[8]The right way (Prov 4:10-19)
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| | A(4:10-13) | | 4:11 On the way of wisdom I direct you |
| | | B(4:14-17) | | | | 4:14 The path of the wicked enter not | (רשׁעים) |
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| | A'(4:18) | | 4:18 But the path of the just is like shining light |
| | | B'(4:19) | | | | 4:19 The way of the wicked is like darkness | (רשׁעים) |
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A: The path of the just. B: The path of the wicked. |
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[9]Warning against evil (Prov 4:20-27)
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| | A(4:20) | | | 4:20 to my sayings incline your ear | (הט) |
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| | | B(4:21-22) | | | | 4:21 keep them within your heart | (שׁמרם) |
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| | | B'(4:23) | | | | 4:23 guard your heart | (משׁמר) |
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| | A'(4:24-27) | | | 4:27 Turn neither to right nor to left | (תט) |
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A: To turn. B: To guard. |
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[10]Warning against others (Prov 5:1-6)
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| | A(5:1) | | 5:1 to my wisdom be attentive, to my knowledge incline your ear |
| | | B(5:2) | | | | 5:2 your lips may guard knowledge | (שׂפתיך) |
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| | | B'(5:3-4) | | | | 5:3 The lips of an adulteress | (שׂפתי) |
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| | A'(5:5-6) | | 5:6 far from following the path of life, her course is uncertain and she does not know it |
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A: To know / not to know. B: Lips. |
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[11]Warning against adultery (Prov 5:7-23)
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| | A(5:7-10) | | 5:10 Lest strangers have their fill of your wealth |
| | | B(5:11-14) | | | 5:12 Oh, why did I hate instruction, and my heart spurn reproof |
| | A'(5:15-19) | | 5:17 Let your fountain be yours alone, not one shared with strangers |
| | | B'(5:20-23) | | | 5:20 Why should you go astray for another's wife? |
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A: Don't give to strangers. B: Why do you do evils? |
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[12]Warning against laziness (Prov 6:1-19)
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| | A(6:1-2) | | 6:2 You have been snared by the utterance of your lips |
| | | B(6:3-5) | | | 6:5 Free yourself as a gazelle from the snare |
| | | | C(6:6-8) | | | | | "6:6 Go to the ant, O sluggard (6:6)" | (עצל) |
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| | | | C'(6:9-11) | | | | | "6:9 How long, O sluggard, will you rest? (6:9)" | (עצל) |
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| | | B'(6:12-15) | | | 6:15 in an instant he is crushed beyond cure |
| | A'(6:16-19) | | 6:19 The false witness who utters lies |
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A: Lies. B: Disaster. C: Sluggard. |
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[13]Warning against adultery (Prov 6:20-35)
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| | A(6:24-26) | | 6:26 For the price of a loose woman may be scarcely a loaf of bread, But if she is married, she is a trap for your precious life.(6:26) |
| | | B(6:27-29) | | | 6:29 none who touches her shall go unpunished |
| | A'(6:30-31) | | 6:30 Men despise not the thief if he steals to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry |
| | | B'(6:32-35) | | | 6:35 He will not consider any restitution |
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A: Atonement of food. B: Not be able to atone. |
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[14]Woman of adultery (Prov 7:1-23)
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| | A(7:1-5) | | 7:2 Keep my commands and live, my teaching as the apple of your eye; (7:2) |
| | | B(7:6-12) | | | 7:8 Going along the street near the corner, then walking in the direction of her house-- (7:8) |
| | | | C(7:13-20) | | | | Words of the woman |
| | | B'(7:21-22) | | | 7:22 He follows her stupidly, like an ox that is led to slaughter; Like a stag that minces toward the net, (7:22) |
| | A'(7:23) | | 7:23 till an arrow pierces its liver; Like a bird that rushes into a snare, unaware that its life is at stake. (7:23) |
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A: To gain a life / to lose a life. B: To follow the woman. C: Words of the woman. |
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[15]Warning against Woman of adultery (Prov 7:24-27)
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| P(7:24) | 7:24 So now, O children, listen to me, be attentive to the words of my mouth! (7:24) |
| | A(7:25) | | | 7:25 Let not your heart turn to her ways | (דכיה) |
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| | | B(7:26) | | | 7:26 For many are those she has struck down dead, numerous, those she has slain |
| | A'(7:27) | | | 7:27 Her house is made up of ways to the nether world | (דרכי) |
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A: The way of her. B: She has struck down dead. |
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[16]Love for wisdom (Prov 8:1-31)
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| | A(8:1-9) | | | 8:4 my appeal is to the children of men. | (בניאדם) |
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| | | B(8:10-12) | | | | "8:10 Receive my instruction in preference to silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold. " | (כסף) |
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| | | | C(8:13-16) | | | | 8:13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil |
| | | B'(8:17-21) | | | | "8:19 My fruit is better than gold, yes, than pure gold, and my revenue than choice silver. " | (מכסף) |
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| | A'(8:22-31) | | | 8:31 I found delight in the sons of men. | (בניאדם) |
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A: The sons of men. B: Gold and silver. C: The fear of the LORD. |
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[17]Listen to me (Prov 8:32-36)
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| | A(8:32) | | | 8:32 Happy are those who keep my ways | (ואשׁרי) |
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| | | B(8:33) | | | 8:33 Hear instruction and be wise |
| | A'(8:34) | | | "8:34 Blessed, whoever listens to me" | (אשׁרי) |
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| | | B'(8:35-36) | | | 8:35 For he who finds me finds life |
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A: Happiness. B: To gain wisdom. |
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A: To invite a feast. B: The fear of the LORD. |
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Wise sayings of Solomon |
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[20]Table of kings (Prov 22:17-23:11)
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| P(22:17-21) | 22:17 Incline your ear, and hear my words |
| | A(22:22-29) | | 22:22 Injure not the poor because they are poor, nor crush the needy at the gate; (22:22) |
| | | B(23:1-3) | | | | 23:3 Do not desire his delicacies | (למטעמותיו) |
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| | | | C(23:4-5) | | | | 23:4 Toil not to gain wealth |
| | | B'(23:6-8) | | | | "23:6 Do not take food with a grudging man, and do not desire his dainties" | (למטעמתיו) |
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| | A'(23:9-11) | | 23:10 nor invade the fields of orphans; (23:10) |
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A: To guard the weak. B: Do not take food. C: Toil not to gain wealth. |
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[21]Fair lips (Prov 23:12-18)
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| | A(23:12-14) | | 23:12 Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to words of knowledge |
| | | B(23:15-16) | | | 23:15 if your heart be wise, my own heart also will rejoice |
| | A'(23:17-18) | | 23:17 Let not your heart emulate sinners |
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A: Heart. B: To be wise. |
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A: Alcohol. |
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A: Father and mother. B: Get the truth. |
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[24]Sins of fool (Prov 23:26-24:12)
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| P(23:26) | 23:26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes keep to my ways. (23:26) |
| | A(23:27-24:2) | | Evils |
| | | B(24:3-6) | | | 24:5 A wise man is more powerful than a strong man, and a man of knowledge than a man of might |
| | A'(24:7-12) | | Evils |
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A: Evils. B: A wise man. |
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[25]Disaster of evildoer (Prov 24:13-20)
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| | A(24:13-14) | | | "24:14 If you find it, you will have a future" | (אחרית) |
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| | | B(24:15-16) | | | | 24:16 For the just man falls seven times and rises again | (יפול) |
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| | | B'(24:17-18) | | | | 24:17 Rejoice not when your enemy falls | (בנפל) |
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| | A'(24:19-20) | | | 24:20 For the evil man has no future | (אחרית) |
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A: Future. B: To fall. |
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[26]Fear to God (Prov 24:21-22)
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| | A(24:21a) | | 24:21 the LORD and the king |
| | | B(24:21b-22a) | | | 24:21 have nothing to do with those who rebel against them |
| | A'(24:22b) | | 24:22 the ruin from either one |
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A: The LORD and the king. B: Those who rebel. |
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[27]Other words of wise man (Prov 24:23-34)
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| | A(24:23-24) | | 24:24 He who says to the wicked man, "You are just" |
| | | B(24:25-26) | | | 24:25 But those who convict the evildoer will fare well |
| | | | C(24:27) | | | | | "24:27 Complete your outdoor tasks, and arrange your work in the field" | (בשׂדה) |
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| | A'(24:28) | | 24:28 Be not a witness against your neighbor without just cause |
| | | B'(24:29) | | | 24:29 I will repay the man according to his deeds |
| | | | C'(24:30-34) | | | | | 24:30 I passed by the field of the sluggard | (שׂדה) |
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A: Lies. B: Rewards. C: Fields. |
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Wise sayings of Solomon |
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[29]Sayings of Agur (Prov 30:1-33)
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| | A1(30:1-6) | | Five questions about the Holy One. |
| | A2(30:7-9) | | Two wishes |
| | A3(30:10-14) | | Four groups |
| | A4(30:15-17) | | Four never say, Enough |
| | A5(30:18-20) | | Four I cannot understand |
| | A6(30:21-23) | | Under four it cannot bear up |
| | A7(30:24-28) | | Four things are among the smallest on the earth |
| | A8(30:29-31) | | Four are stately in their carriage |
| | A9(30:32-33) | | Three objects are produced |
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A: Lists. |
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[30]The teaching of king Lemel's mother (Prov 31:1-9)
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| P(31:1) | 31:1 The words of Lemuel, king of Massa (31:1) |
| | A(31:2-3) | | 31:3 Give not your vigor to women |
| | | B(31:4-5) | | | | 31:4 strong drink is not for princes | (יין) |
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| | | B'(31:6-7) | | | | 31:6 Give strong drink to one who is perishing | (יין) |
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| | A'(31:8-9) | | 31:8 Open your mouth in behalf of the dumb |
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A: What to do. B: Strong drink. |
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[31]Ode to a capable woman (Prov 31:10-31)
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| | A(31:10-12) | | | 31:10 When one finds a worthy wife | (חיל) |
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| | | B(31:13-19) | | | 31:14 Like merchant ships, she secures her provisions from afar |
| | | | C(31:20-23) | | | | 31:20 She reaches out her hands to the poor |
| | | B'(31:24-27) | | | 31:27 She watches the conduct of her household, and eats not her food in idleness |
| | A'(31:28-31) | | | "31:29 Many are the women of proven worth, but you have excelled them all." | (חיל) |
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A: A worthy wife. B: Diligent. C: She reaches out her hands to the poor. |
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