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Proverbs 2

1Mysonבְּ֭נִיBe.niH1121,ifthou wiltreceiveתִּקַּ֣חti.KachH3947mywordsאֲמָרָ֑י'a.ma.RaiH561,Andlayupmycommandmentsוּ֝מִצְוֹתַ֗יu.mitz.vo.TaiH4687withthee;

2So astoinclineתַּטֶּ֥הta.TehH5186thineearאָזְנֶ֑ךָ'a.ze.Ne.khaH241untowisdomלַֽחָכְמָ֣הla.cha.khe.MahH2451,Andapply thyheartלִ֝בְּךָ֗li.be.khaH3820tounderstandingלַתְּבוּנָֽה׃la.te.vu.NahH8394;

3Yea,ifthoucryafterdiscernmentלַבִּינָ֣הla.bi.NahH998,Andliftupthyvoiceקוֹלֶֽךָ׃ko.Le.chaH6963forunderstandingלַ֝תְּבוּנָ֗הla.te.vu.NahH8394;

4Ifthouseekתְּבַקְשֶׁ֥נָּהte.vak.She.nahH1245herassilverכַכָּ֑סֶףkha.Ka.sefH3701,AndsearchH1245forherasforhidtreasures:

5Thenאָ֗ז'AzH227shalt thouunderstandH995thefearיִרְאַ֣תyir.'AtH3374ofJehovah,Andfindתִּמְצָֽא׃tim.Tza'H4672theknowledgeוְדַ֖עַתve.Da.'atH1847ofGodאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430.

6ForJehovahgivethwisdomחָכְמָ֑הchokh.mahH2451; Outofhismouthמִ֝פִּ֗יוmi.PivH6310comethknowledgeדַּ֣עַתDa.'atH1847andunderstandingוּתְבוּנָֽה׃u.te.vu.NahH8394:

7HelayethupsoundH8454wisdomH8454fortheuprightלַ֭יְשָׁרִיםLay.sha.rimH3477;Heisashieldמָ֝גֵ֗ןma.GenH4043tothemthatwalkלְהֹ֣לְכֵיle.Ho.le.kheiH1980inintegrityתֹֽם׃TomH8537;

8Thathe mayguardH8104thepathsאָרְח֣וֹת'a.re.ChotH734ofjusticeמִשְׁפָּ֑טmish.PatH4941,AndpreserveH5341thewayוְדֶ֖רֶךְve.De.rekhH1870ofhissaints.

9Thenאָ֗ז'AzH227shalt thouunderstandתָּ֭בִיןTa.vinH995righteousnessצֶ֣דֶקTze.dekH6664andjusticeוּמִשְׁפָּ֑טu.mish.PatH4941,Andequity, yea,everygoodטֽוֹב׃TovH2896path.

10Forwisdomחָכְמָ֣הchokh.mahH2451shallenterintothyheartבְלִבֶּ֑ךָve.li.Be.khaH3820,Andknowledgeוְ֝דַ֗עַתve.Da.'atH1847shallbepleasantיִנְעָֽם׃yin.'AmH5276unto thysoulH5315;

11Discretionמְ֭זִמָּהMe.zi.mahH4209shallwatchתִּשְׁמֹ֥רtish.MorH8104overthee;Understandingתְּבוּנָ֥הte.vu.NahH8394shallkeepH8104thee:

12Todeliverלְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָle.ha.Tzi.le.khaH5337theefromthewayמִדֶּ֣רֶךְmi.De.rekhH1870ofevilרָ֑עRa'H7451,FromthemenH376thatspeakמְדַבֵּ֥רme.da.BerH1696perverseתַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃tah.pu.KhotH8419thingsH8419;

13WhoforsakeH5800thepathsאָרְח֣וֹת'a.re.ChotH734ofuprightnessיֹ֑שֶׁרYo.sherH3476,Towalkinthewaysבְּדַרְכֵי־be.dar.khei-H1870ofdarknessחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃Cho.shekhH2822;

14WhorejoiceH1523todoevilרָ֑עRa'H7451,Anddelightintheperversenessofevilרָֽע׃Ra'H7451;

15WhoarecrookedintheirwaysH734,Andwaywardintheirpathsאָרְחֹתֵיהֶ֣ם'a.re.cho.tei.HemH734:

16Todeliverלְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָle.ha.Tzi.le.khaH5337theefromthestrangeזָרָ֑הza.RahH2114womanמֵאִשָּׁ֣הme.'i.ShahH802, EvenfromtheforeignerH5237that flatterethwithherwordsאֲמָרֶ֥יהָ'a.ma.Rei.haH561;

17Thatforsakeththefriendofheryouthנְעוּרֶ֑יהָne.'u.Rei.haH5271,Andforgetteththecovenantבְּרִ֖יתbe.RitH1285ofherGodאֱלֹהֶ֣יהָ'e.lo.Hei.haH430:

18Forherhouseבֵּיתָ֑הּbei.TahH1004inclineth untodeathמָ֣וֶתMa.vetH4194,Andherpathsuntothedead;

19Nonethatgoבָּ֭אֶיהָBa.'ei.haH935untoherreturnיְשׁוּב֑וּןye.shu.VunH7725again,Neitherdotheyattainuntothepathsאָרְח֥וֹת'a.re.ChotH734oflifeחַיִּֽים׃chai.YimH2416:

20Thatthou mayestwalkinthewayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870ofgoodטוֹבִ֑יםto.VimH2896men,Andkeepתִּשְׁמֹֽר׃tish.MorH8104thepathsוְאָרְח֖וֹתve.'a.re.ChotH734oftherighteousצַדִּיקִ֣יםtza.di.KimH6662.

21Fortheuprightיְשָׁרִ֥יםye.sha.RimH3477shalldwellיִשְׁכְּנוּyish.ke.nu-H7931inthelandאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776,AndtheperfectH8549shallremainיִוָּ֥תְרוּyi.Va.te.ruH3498init.

22Butthewickedוּ֭רְשָׁעִיםU.re.sha.'imH7563shallbecutיִכָּרֵ֑תוּyi.ka.Re.tuH3772offfromthelandמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776,Andthetreacherousוּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗יםu.Vog.DimH898shallberootedoutofit.

Commentaries on Proverbs 2

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