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Proverbs 11:12-22

12Hethatdespisethhisneighborלְרֵעֵ֥הוּle.re.'E.huH7453isvoidofwisdom;ButamanH376ofunderstandingH8394holdethhispeace.

13Hethatgoethaboutasatale-bearer revealethsecretsסּ֑וֹדSodH5475; Buthethatisofafaithfulוְנֶאֱמַן־ve.ne.'e.man-H539spiritר֝֗וּחַRu.achH7307concealethamatterדָבָֽר׃da.VarH1697.

14Wherenowiseתַּ֭חְבֻּלוֹתTach.bu.lotH8458guidanceis,thepeopleעָ֑ם'AmH5971falleth;Butinthemultitudeבְּרֹ֣בbe.RoH7230ofcounsellorsthereissafety.

15Hethatissuretyעָ֣רַב'A.ravH6148forastranger shall smartforit;Buthethathateth suretyshipissecureבּוֹטֵֽחַ׃bo.Te.achH982.

16Agraciouswomanאֵֽשֶׁת־'e.shet-H802obtainethhonorכָּב֑וֹדka.VodH3519;AndviolentmenobtainrichesH6239.

17ThemercifulmanH376doeth goodtohisownsoulH5315;Buthethatiscruelאַכְזָרִֽי׃'akh.za.RiH394troublethhisownfleshH7607.

18Thewickedרָשָׁ֗עra.Sha'H7563earnethdeceitfulwagesפְעֻלַּת־fe.'u.lat-H6468;Buthethatsowethrighteousnessצְ֝דָקָ֗הtze.da.KahH6666hath a surereward.

19Hethatisstedfastinrighteousnessצְדָקָ֥הtze.da.KahH6666shall attain untolifeלְחַיִּ֑יםle.chai.YimH2416;Andhethatpursuethevilרָעָ֣הra.'AhH7451doethittohisowndeathלְמוֹתֽוֹ׃le.mo.ToH4194.

20Theythatareperverseעִקְּשֵׁי־'i.ke.shei-H6141inheartלֵ֑בLevH3820areanabominationתּוֹעֲבַ֣תto.'a.VatH8441toJehovah;ButsuchasareperfectH8549intheirwayדָֽרֶךְ׃Da.rekhH1870arehisdelightH7522.

21Thoughhandיָ֣דyadH3027joininhandלְ֭יָדLe.yodH3027,theevilרָּ֑עRa'H7451manshallnotbeunpunishedיִנָּ֣קֶהyi.Na.kehH5352;ButtheseedH2233oftherighteousצַדִּיקִ֣יםtza.di.KimH6662shallbedeliveredנִמְלָֽט׃nim.LatH4422.

22Asaringנֶ֣זֶםNe.zemH5141ofgoldזָ֭הָבza.hoH2091inaswine’ssnout,Soisafairwomanאִשָּׁ֥ה'i.ShahH802thatiswithoutdiscretion.

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