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Proverbs 17:16-21

16Whereforeisthereapriceמְחִ֣ירme.ChirH4242inthehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027ofafoolכְּסִ֑ילke.SilH3684tobuyH7069wisdomחָכְמָ֣הchokh.mahH2451, Seeinghehathnounderstanding?

17Afriendהָרֵ֑עַha.Re.a'H7453lovethatalltimesעֵ֭ת'etH6256;Andabrotherוְאָ֥חve.'AchH251isbornH3205foradversity.

18AmanH120voidofunderstandingstrikethhandsH3709,AndbecomethsuretyH6148inthepresenceH6440ofhisneighborרֵעֵֽהוּ׃re.'E.huH7453.

19Helovethtransgressionפֶּ֭שַׁעPe.sha'H6588that lovethstrife:Hethat raisethhighמַגְבִּ֥יהַּmag.Bi.ahH1361hisgateseekethdestructionH7667.

20Hethathathawaywardheartלֵ֭בlevH3820findethnogoodט֑וֹבTovH2896;AndhethathathaperverseH6141tongueבִּ֝לְשׁוֹנ֗וֹbil.sho.NoH3956fallethintomischief.

21Hethatbegettethafoolכְּ֭סִילKe.silH3684doethittohissorrow;Andthefatherאֲבִ֣י'a.ViH1ofafoolH3684hathnojoy.

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