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Lexicon :: Strong's H376 - 'îš

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אִישׁ
Transliteration
'îš
Pronunciation
eesh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (H582) [or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 83a

Strong’s Definitions

אִישׁ ʼîysh, eesh; contracted for H582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation):—also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare H802.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,639x

The KJV translates Strong's H376 in the following manner: man (1,002x), men (210x), one (188x), husband (69x), any (27x), miscellaneous (143x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,639x
The KJV translates Strong's H376 in the following manner: man (1,002x), men (210x), one (188x), husband (69x), any (27x), miscellaneous (143x).

  1. man

    1. man, male (in contrast to woman, female)

    2. husband

    3. human being, person (in contrast to God)

    4. servant

    5. mankind

    6. champion

    7. great man

  2. whosoever

  3. each (adjective)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אִישׁ ʼîysh, eesh; contracted for H582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation):—also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare H802.
STRONGS H376: Abbreviations
אִישׁ 2166 noun masculine man (= vir) (MI, SI, Phoenician אש, perhaps also Sabean אסם compare Prätl.c., but DHMZMG 1883, 330) — א׳ absolute Genesis 2:23 +; construct Genesis 25:27 +; suffix אִישִׁי Genesis 29:32 +, etc.; plural אִישִׁים Psalm 141:4 + 2 times (Phoenician אשם); usually אֲנָשִׁים Genesis 12:20 +, from √ אנשׁ which see; construct אַנְשֵׁי Judges 6:27 +; suffix אֲנָשַׁי 1 Samuel 23:12 etc.; — man, opposed to woman Genesis 2:23, 24; Leviticus 20:27; Numbers 5:6; Deuteronomy 17:2f; Joshua 6:21; Joshua 8:25; Jeremiah 40:7, emphasis on sexual distinction & relation Genesis 19:8; Genesis 24:16; Genesis 38:25; Exodus 22:15; Leviticus 15:16 (שִׁכְבַת זָרַ֑ע) Leviticus 15:18 (בֶּןא׳ אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁכַּב אִישׁ אֹתָהּ שׁ׳־ז׳ וְאִשָּׁה) Leviticus 20:10f; Numbers 5:13f; Deuteronomy 22:22f; Isaiah 4:1 +; thence = husband, especially with suffix Genesis 3:6, 16; Genesis 16:3; Genesis 29:32, 34; Leviticus 21:7; Numbers 30:7f; Deuteronomy 28:56; Judges 13:8f; Ruth 1:3f; 1 Samuel 25:19; Jeremiah 29:6; Ezekiel 16:45 +; figurative of י׳ as husband of Israel אִישִׁי Hosea 2:18 (opposed to בַּעְלִּי); man as procreator, father Ecclesiastes 6:3; of male child Genesis 4:1 compare זֶרַע אֲנָשִׁים 1 Samuel 1:11; man, opposed to beast Exodus 11:7; Leviticus 20:15 (compare אָדָם); compare figurative Psalm 22:7 but also of male of animals Genesis 7:2 (twice in verse) (אִישׁ וְאִשְׁתּוֺ); man, opposed to God Genesis 32:29; Numbers 23:19 לֹא אִישׁ אֵל וִיכַזֵּב (|| וּבֶן־אָדָם וְיִתְנֶחָ֑ם); Job 9:32; Job 32:13; Hosea 11:9 compare Isaiah 31:8; Job 12:10 (רוּחַ כָּל־בְּשַׂר אִישׁ); hence in phrases to denote ordinary, customary, common שֵׁבֶט אֲנָשִׁים 2 Samuel 7:14 (|| נִגְעֵי בְּנֵי אָדָם); לֶחֶם אֲנָשִׁים Ezekiel 24:17, 22 [**אֲנָשִׁים Ezekiel 24:17; Ezekiel 24:22 is textual error; We (apparently Sm) אֲנֻשִׁים; ToyHpt אוֺנִים (Hos 9:4).] (compare Isaiah 8:1); אַמַּת־אִישׁ Deuteronomy 3:11; but also contracted אָדָם Psalm 49:3; Psalm 62:10; man, as valiant 1 Samuel 4:9 (twice in verse) (וִהְיוּ לַאֲנָשִׁים) so, 1 Kings 2:2 compare 1 Samuel 26:15; so אִישׁ חַיִל [H381 1 Samuel 31:12; 2 Samuel 24:9; 1 Kings 1:42] +; also אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה Numbers 31:49; Deuteronomy 2:14, 16; Joshua 5:4, 6 +; even of י׳ Exodus 15:3 יהוה אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה; often prefixed to other nouns in apposition אָדוֺן א׳ Genesis 42:30, 33, שַׂר וְשֹׁפֵט א׳ Exodus 2:14, כֹּהֵן א׳ Leviticus 21:9, סָרִיס א׳ Jeremiah 38:7; particular before adjective, of a people אִישׁ מִצְרִי Genesis 39:1; Exodus 2:11, 19 compare Genesis 37:28; Genesis 38:1, 2; Genesis 39:14; 1 Samuel 17:12; 1 Samuel 30:11, 13 +; a man as resident in, or belonging to a place or people Numbers 25:6; Judges 10:1 + (so Phoenician); usually plural אַנְשֵׁי יִשְׂרָאֵל 1 Samuel 7:11; 1 Samuel 31:7 (twice in verse) compare Joshua 7:4, 5 +; also singular collective Deuteronomy 27:14; Joshua 9:6, 7; Judges 20:11; 1 Samuel 11:8 (see Dr) +; [H382 2 Samuel 10:6, 8] (טוֺב א׳); (so MI10; MI13); men = retainers, followers, soldiers 1 Samuel 18:27; 1 Samuel 23:3; f 1 Samuel 24:3; 1 Samuel 25:13 — Deuteronomy 33:8 singular collective see Di; אִישׁ אֱלֹהִים man of God = prophet Deuteronomy 33:1; Joshua 14:6; 1 Samuel 9:6f; 1 Kings 12:13f + (see אלהים); in phrase followed by abstract אִישׁ חַיִל, מִלְחָמָה א׳ see above; שֵׂיבָה א׳ Deuteronomy 32:25, הַדָּמִים א׳ 2 Samuel 16:7 compare see 8, הַבְּלִיַּעַל א׳ 2 Samuel 16:7, מָוֶת א׳ 1 Kings 2:26, חָמָס א׳ Psalm 140:12; Proverbs 3:31 +; followed by word of occupation, etc. שָׂדֶה א׳ Genesis 25:27, הָאֲדָמָה א׳ Genesis 9:20 (compare Zechariah 13:5), א׳ הַבֵּנַיִם champion 1 Samuel 17:4 (compare Dr) 1 Samuel 17:23, בְּשׂרָה א׳ 2 Samuel 18:20, אִישׁ עֲצָתוֺ his counsellor Isaiah 40:13, compare אִישׁ חֶרְמִי 1 Kings 20:42, רֵעִים א׳ Proverbs 18:24; often distributive = each, every Genesis 9:5; Genesis 10:5; Genesis 40:5 (twice in verse); Exodus 12:3 +; including women Job 42:11; 1 Chronicles 16:3 וַיְחַלֵּק לְכָל־אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאִישׁ וְעַד אִשָּׁה לְאִישׁ כִּכַּר־לֶחֶם; of inanimate things 1 Kings 7:30, 36; also אִישׁ אִישׁ Exodus 36:4; Numbers 4:19, 49; Ezekiel 14:4, 7 +; any one Exodus 34:3 (twice in verse); Exodus 34:24 +; also אִישׁ אִישׁ Leviticus 15:2; Leviticus 22:4, 18 +; of gods 2 Kings 18:33 = Isaiah 36:18; one...another וְהִרְגוּ אִישׁ־ אֶת־אָחִיו וְאִישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ וְאִישׁ אֶת־קְרֹבוֺ Exodus 32:27, ⬩⬩⬩אִישׁ אָחִיו Deuteronomy 1:16; Micah 7:2 (see אָח), רֵעֵהוּ⬩⬩⬩אִישׁ Genesis 11:3, 7 + (see רֵעַ) of inanimate things Genesis 15:10.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:23; 2:23; 2:24; 3:6; 3:16; 4:1; 7:2; 9:5; 9:20; 10:5; 11:3; 11:7; 12:20; 15:10; 16:3; 19:8; 24:16; 25:27; 25:27; 29:32; 29:32; 29:34; 32:29; 37:28; 38:1; 38:2; 38:25; 39:1; 39:14; 40:5; 42:30; 42:33

Exodus

2:11; 2:14; 2:19; 11:7; 12:3; 15:3; 22:15; 32:27; 34:3; 34:24; 36:4

Leviticus

15:2; 15:16; 15:18; 20:10; 20:15; 20:27; 21:7; 21:9; 22:4; 22:18

Numbers

4:19; 4:49; 5:6; 5:13; 23:19; 25:6; 30:7; 31:49

Deuteronomy

1:16; 2:14; 2:16; 3:11; 17:2; 22:22; 27:14; 28:56; 32:25; 33:1; 33:8

Joshua

5:4; 5:6; 6:21; 7:4; 7:5; 8:25; 9:6; 9:7; 14:6

Judges

6:27; 10:1; 13:8; 20:11

Ruth

1:3

1 Samuel

1:11; 4:9; 7:11; 9:6; 11:8; 17:4; 17:12; 17:23; 18:27; 23:3; 23:12; 24:3; 25:13; 25:19; 26:15; 30:11; 30:13; 31:7

2 Samuel

7:14; 16:7; 16:7; 18:20

1 Kings

2:2; 2:26; 7:30; 7:36; 12:13; 20:42

2 Kings

18:33

1 Chronicles

16:3

Job

9:32; 12:10; 32:13; 42:11

Psalms

22:7; 49:3; 62:10; 140:12; 141:4

Proverbs

3:31; 18:24

Ecclesiastes

6:3

Isaiah

4:1; 8:1; 31:8; 36:18; 40:13

Jeremiah

29:6; 38:7; 40:7

Ezekiel

14:4; 14:7; 16:45; 24:17; 24:17; 24:22; 24:22

Hosea

2:18; 9:4; 11:9

Micah

7:2

Zechariah

13:5

H376

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H376 matches the Hebrew אִישׁ ('îš),
which occurs 91 times in 88 verses in 'Pro' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Pro 2:12–Pro 21:17)

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:12 - delivering you from the way of evil,
from men of perverted speech,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:31 - Do not envy a man of violence
and do not choose any of his ways,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:21 - For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD,
and he ponders[fn] all his paths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:11 - and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want like an armed man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:12 - A worthless person, a wicked man,
goes about with crooked speech,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:26 - for the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread,[fn]
but a married woman[fn] hunts down a precious life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:27 - Can a man carry fire next to his chest
and his clothes not be burned?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:28 - Or can one walk on hot coals
and his feet not be scorched?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:19 - For my husband is not at home;
he has gone on a long journey;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:4 - “To you, O men, I call,
and my cry is to the children of man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:23 - Doing wrong is like a joke to a fool,
but wisdom is pleasure to a man of understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:12 - Whoever belittles his neighbor lacks sense,
but a man of understanding remains silent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:17 - A man who is kind benefits himself,
but a cruel man hurts himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:2 - A good man obtains favor from the LORD,
but a man of evil devices he condemns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:8 - A man is commended according to his good sense,
but one of twisted mind is despised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:14 - From the fruit of his mouth a man is satisfied with good,
and the work of a man’s hand comes back to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:25 - Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down,
but a good word makes him glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:2 - From the fruit of his mouth a man eats what is good,
but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:8 - The ransom of a man’s life is his wealth,
but a poor man hears no threat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:7 - Leave the presence of a fool,
for there you do not meet words of knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:12 - There is a way that seems right to a man,
but its end is the way to death.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:14 - The backslider in heart will be filled with the fruit of his ways,
and a good man will be filled with the fruit of his ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:17 - A man of quick temper acts foolishly,
and a man of evil devices is hated.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:18 - A hot-tempered man stirs up strife,
but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:21 - Folly is a joy to him who lacks sense,
but a man of understanding walks straight ahead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:23 - To make an apt answer is a joy to a man,
and a word in season, how good it is!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:2 - All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,
but the LORD weighs the spirit.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:7 - When a man’s ways please the LORD,
he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:14 - A king’s wrath is a messenger of death,
and a wise man will appease it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:25 - There is a way that seems right to a man,
but its end is the way to death.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:27 - A worthless man plots evil,
and his speech[fn] is like a scorching fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:28 - A dishonest man spreads strife,
and a whisperer separates close friends.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:29 - A man of violence entices his neighbor
and leads him in a way that is not good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:12 - Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs
rather than a fool in his folly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:27 - Whoever restrains his words has knowledge,
and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:4 - The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters;
the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:12 - Before destruction a man’s heart is haughty,
but humility comes before honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:14 - A man’s spirit will endure sickness,
but a crushed spirit who can bear?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:20 - From the fruit of a man’s mouth his stomach is satisfied;
he is satisfied by the yield of his lips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:24 - A man of many companions may come to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:6 - Many seek the favor of a generous man,[fn]
and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:21 - Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:22 - What is desired in a man is steadfast love,
and a poor man is better than a liar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:3 - It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife,
but every fool will be quarreling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:5 - The purpose in a man’s heart is like deep water,
but a man of understanding will draw it out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:6 - Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love,
but a faithful man who can find?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:17 - Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man,
but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:2 - Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
but the LORD weighs the heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:8 - The way of the guilty is crooked,
but the conduct of the pure is upright.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:17 - Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man;
he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

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