OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 19:23

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The fear of the LORD leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.

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Verse 23. Life. Both temporal and eternal. Calmet. 10:27. Calmet.—With evil. Lit. “the worst,” pessima. Bible.—Sixtus V. “by the most wicked one.” The devil shall have no power over him.

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