OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 19:8

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He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.

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Verse 8. Mind. Hebrew “heart,” intelligence. Calmet. 15:32.—Loveth. This does not contradict the gospel; (John 12:25) as those who refrain from what the soul would crave to its own detriment, truly love it.

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