OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 1:17

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17

For the net is spread in vain in the sight of any bird;

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Verse 17. Wings. If thou attend, therefore, to my instructions, their arts will be vain. Ven. Bede.—They unjustly seek to deceive the pious. Calmet.—Watchfulness will be the best protection against them. Worthington.

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