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"Like apples of gold in settings of silver" is the beautiful image the Bible uses to describe a word well spoken. This encyclopedia is just what you need to put a finger on precisely the right words and ideas for the occasion. The comprehensive and up-to-date volume features more than 1 million words, with 20,000 quotes from over 2,500 sources. The vast majority of quotations are from Christian...

I proclaimed a fast there, so that we might humble ourselves before our God. The Bible, Ezra 8:21 Declare a holy fast … The Bible, Joel 1:14 When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do … The Bible, Matthew 6:16 Do not limit the benefit of fasting merely to abstinence from food, for a true fast means refraining from evil. Do not let your fasting lead to wrangling and strife. You do not eat meat, but you devour your brother; you abstain from wine, but not from insults. So all the
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