I could strengthen you with my mouth,
    and the solace of my lips would assuage your pain.

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Bear One Another's Burdens

Brothers,[a] (A)if anyone is caught in any transgression, (B)you who are spiritual should restore him in (C)a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 6:1 Or Brothers and sisters; also verse 18

(A)Strengthen the weak hands,
    and make firm the feeble knees.
Say to those who have an anxious heart,
    “Be strong; fear not!
(B)Behold, your God
    will come with vengeance,
with the recompense of God.
    He will come and save you.”

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17 Iron sharpens iron,
    and one man sharpens another.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:17 Hebrew sharpens the face of another

(A)Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
    and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 27:9 Or and so does the sweetness of a friend that comes from his earnest counsel

14 (A)Wait for the Lord;
    (B)be strong, and let your heart take courage;
    wait for the Lord!

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25 I chose their way and sat as chief,
    and I lived like (A)a king among his troops,
    like one who comforts mourners.

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14 “He who (A)withholds[a] kindness from a (B)friend
    forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 6:14 Syriac, Vulgate (compare Targum); the meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

Behold, you have instructed many,
    and you have (A)strengthened the weak hands.
Your words have upheld him who was stumbling,
    and you have (B)made firm the feeble knees.

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