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Proverbs 14:19-35: Wisdom’s Goldmine!

August 19, 2026

Nehemiah 13, Proverbs 14:19-35, Luke 19:1-10, Titus 1:10-16   Proverbs 14:19-35:   More nuggets of gold to extract from wisdom’s goldmine of Proverbs! First, a proverb about the ultimate triumph of good: “Evildoers will bow down in the presence of the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous” (14:19). At times it can seem as if the…

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