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Evil does not grow in the soil,
    nor does trouble grow out of the ground.
No indeed! We bring trouble on ourselves,
    as surely as sparks fly up from a fire.[a]

If I were you, I would turn to God
    and present my case to him.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 5:7 sparks fly up from a fire; or birds fly up to the sky.

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