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another_o be_v to_o hate_v his_o sin_n prov._n 27.6_o faithful_a be_v the_o wound_n of_o a_o friend_n and_o the_o great_a injury_n to_o another_o be_v to_o connive_v at_o his_o wickedness_n leu._n 19.17_o 4._o no_o man_n shall_v be_v a_o loser_n at_o last_o by_o be_v faithful_a to_o god_n and_o to_o his_o duty_n if_o you_o have_v no_o reward_n from_o man_n yet_o to_o be_v sure_a you_o shall_v from_o god_n and_o yet_o god_n so_o order_v it_o oftentimes_o that_o man_n shall_v love_v you_o the_o better_a for_o your_o faithfulness_n prov._n 28.23_o he_o that_o rebuke_n a_o man_n afterward_o shall_v find_v more_o favour_n than_o he_o that_o flatter_v with_o his_o lip_n 5._o a_o christian_n shall_v do_v that_o and_o nothing_o but_o that_o now_o which_o he_o judge_n will_v
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