OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 11:17

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17

The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

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Verse 17. Kindred. Hebrew “flesh.” Genesis 29:14. The miser is cruel even to himself.

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