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Esmari Potgieter

2024-04-23
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Job 31:27 (ESV)
Exposition

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Job 31:27 (ESV)

27 and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand,

Job knows that idolatry, just as adultery (see Job 31:9), begins in the heart.

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