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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Proverbs 18:8

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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(Compare Pro 16:28). as wounds--not sustained by the Hebrew; better, as "sweet morsels," which men gladly swallow. innermost . . . belly--the mind, or heart (compare Pro 20:27-30; Psa 22:14).
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