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etc._n distress_a naomi_n meet_v with_o a_o friendly_a daughter-in-law_n who_o name_n be_v ruth_n ruth_n 1.16_o 17._o she_o love_v she_o and_o be_v better_a to_o she_o then_o seven_o son_n ruth_n 4.15_o and_o ruth_n meet_v with_o boaz_n who_o kindness_n be_v great_a towards_o she_o when_o ester_n father_n and_o mother_n be_v dead_a mordecai_n breed_v she_o up_o as_o his_o own_o daughter_n ester_n 2.7_o and_o in_o process_n of_o time_n she_o become_v a_o queen_n god_n have_v in_o his_o hand_n the_o heart_n of_o all_o even_o the_o great_a and_o can_v turn_v they_o whithersoever_o he_o will_v 106.46_o psal_n 106.46_o prov._n 21.1_o he_o can_v raise_v thou_o up_o friend_n to_o relieve_v thou_o
not_o long_o thrive_v by_o it_o see_v job_n 15.20_o 21_o 29_o compare_v and_o job_n 20.15_o to_o the_o end_n of_o that_o chapter_n a_o heathen_a observe_v de_fw-fr malè_fw-la quaesitis_fw-la vix_fw-la gaudet_fw-la tertius_fw-la haeres_fw-la 6._o idleness_n prov._n 6.9_o 10_o 11._o how_o long_o will_v thou_o sleep_v o_o sluggard_n when_o will_v thou_o arise_v out_o of_o thy_o sleep_n yet_o a_o little_a sleep_n a_o little_a slumber_n say_v the_o sluggard_n a_o little_a fold_n of_o the_o hand_n to_o sleep_v so_o shall_v thy_o poverty_n say_v the_o wise_a man_n come_v as_o one_o that_o travel_v i_o e._n it_o shall_v come_v sudden_o certain_o and_o painful_o and_o thy_o want_n as_o a_o arm_a man_n so_o as_o it_o can_v be_v resist_v see_v likewise_o prov._n 13.4_o and_o 18.9_o and_o 20.4_o and_o 24.30_o 31_o 32_o 33_o 34._o 7._o keep_v wicked_a company_n prov._n 28.19_o he_o that_o till_v his_o land_n shall_v have_v plenty_n of_o bread_n but_o he_o that_o follow_v after_o vain_a person_n 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