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Proverbs 23:1-8

1Whenthou sittesttoeatלִלְח֣וֹםlil.ChomH3898witharulerמוֹשֵׁ֑לmo.ShelH4910,ConsiderH995diligentlyhimthatisbeforethee;

2Andputוְשַׂמְתָּ֣ve.sam.TaH7760aknifetothythroatH5315,Ifthoubeamangiventoappetiteנֶ֣פֶשׁNe.feshH5315.

3Benotdesirousofhisdainties; Seeingtheyare deceitfulfoodלֶ֣חֶםLe.chemH3899.

4WearyH3021notthyselftoberichלְֽהַעֲשִׁ֑ירle.ha.'a.ShirH6238;Ceaseחֲדָֽל׃cha.DalH2308fromthine own wisdom.

5Wilt thousetthineeyesעֵינֶ֥יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869uponthatwhichisnot?ForrichescertainlymakeH6213themselveswingsכְנָפַ֑יִםkhe.na.Fa.yimH3671,Likeaneagleכְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁרke.Ne.sherH5404thatflieth towardheavenהַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ פha.sha.Ma.yimH8064.

6Eatתִּלְחַ֗םtil.ChamH3898thounotthebreadH3899ofhimthathath anevilרַ֣עra'H7451eyeעָ֑יִן'A.yinH5869,NeitherdesireH183thouhisdainties:

7Forashethinkethwithinhimself,soכֶּ֫ן־Ken-H3651ishe:Eatאֱכֹ֣ל'e.KholH398anddrinkוּ֭שְׁתֵהU.she.tehH8354, saithhetothee;Buthisheartוְ֝לִבּ֗וֹve.li.BoH3820isnotwiththee.

8Themorselפִּֽתְּךָ־pi.te.kha-H6595whichthou hasteatenH398shalt thouvomitתְקִיאֶ֑נָּהte.ki.'E.nahH6958up,Andlose thy sweetwordsדְּבָרֶ֥יךָde.va.Rei.khaH1697.

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