“They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.”
Jonah 2:8 (KJV) |
Jonah 2:8
From Jonah 2, in the Book of Jonah (Old Testament).
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I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
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When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
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They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
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But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.
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And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.