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Proverbs 22:17-24

17Inclineהַ֥טhatH5186thineearאָזְנְךָ֗'a.ze.ne.KhaH241,andhearוּ֭שְׁמַעU.she.ma'H8085thewordsדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697ofthewiseחֲכָמִ֑יםcha.kha.MimH2450,Andapplythyheartוְ֝לִבְּךָ֗ve.li.be.khaH3820untomyknowledgeלְדַעְתִּֽי׃le.da'.TiH1847.

18Foritisapleasantנָ֭עִיםNa.'imH5273thingifthoukeepתִשְׁמְרֵ֣םtish.me.RemH8104themwithinthee,IftheybeestablishedH3559togetherיַ֝חְדָּ֗וyach.DavH3162uponthylipsשְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃se.fa.Tei.khaH8193.

19Thatthytrustמִבְטַחֶ֑ךָmiv.ta.Che.khaH4009maybeלִהְי֣וֹתlih.YotH1961inJehovah,IhavemadeH3045themknownH3045totheethisdayהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117,evenאַף־'af-H637tothee.

20HavenotIwrittenH3789unto thee excellentthingsOfcounselsבְּמ֖וֹעֵצֹ֣תbe.Mo.'e.TzotH4156andknowledgeוָדָֽעַת׃va.Da.'atH1847,

21Tomakeלְהוֹדִֽיעֲךָ֗le.ho.di.'a.KhaH3045theeknowH3045thecertaintyofthewordsאִמְרֵ֣י'im.ReiH561oftruthH571,Thatthou mayest carrybackלְהָשִׁ֥יבle.ha.ShivH7725wordsאֲמָרִ֥ים'a.ma.RimH561oftruthH571tothemthatsendH7971thee?

22Robתִּגְזָל־tig.zol-H1497notthepoorעָנִ֣י'a.NiH6041,becauseheispoorH6041;NeitheroppresstheafflictedH6041inthegateבַשָּֽׁעַר׃va.Sha.'arH8179:

23ForJehovahwillpleadtheircauseH7379,Anddespoiloflifeנָֽפֶשׁ׃Na.feshH5315thosethatdespoilthem.

24MakenofriendshipwithamanH376thatisgiventoangerאָ֑ף'AfH639;AndwithawrathfulmanH376thou shaltnotgoתָבֽוֹא׃ta.Vo'H935:

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