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Proverbs 27:1-10

1Boastתִּ֭תְהַלֵּלTit.ha.lelH1984notthyselfofto-morrow;Forthou knowestnotwhatadayH3117maybringיֵּ֥לֶדYe.ledH3205forthH3205.

2Letanothermanpraiseיְהַלֶּלְךָ֣ye.ha.lel.KhaH1984thee,andnotthine ownmouthפִ֑יךָFi.khaH6310;Astranger,andnotthine ownlipsשְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃se.fa.Tei.khaH8193.

3Astoneאֶ֭בֶן'E.venH68isheavyכָּבֵ֥דka.VedH3515,andthesandהַח֑וֹלha.CholH2344weighty;Butafool’sאֱ֝וִ֗יל'e.VilH191vexationisheavierH3515than theyboth.

4WrathH2534iscruel,andangerאָ֑ף'AfH639isoverwhelming; Butwhoisabletostandיַ֝עֲמֹדYa.'a.modH5975beforejealousyקִנְאָֽה׃kin.'AhH7068?

5Betterisopenrebukeתּוֹכַ֣חַתto.Kha.chatH8433Thanloveמֵֽאַהֲבָ֥הme.'a.ha.VahH160thatishiddenH5641.

6FaithfulH539arethewoundsפִּצְעֵ֣יpitz.'EiH6482ofafriendH157; Butthekissesofanenemyare profuse.

7ThefullsoulH5315loathethahoneycomb;Buttothehungryרְ֝עֵבָ֗הre.'e.VahH7457soulH5315everybitterמַ֥רmarH4751thingissweetמָתֽוֹק׃ma.TokH4966.

8Asabirdכְּ֭צִפּוֹרKe.tzi.porH6833thatwanderethfromhernestקִנָּ֑הּki.NahH7064,Soכֵּֽן־ken-H3651isamanH376thatwanderethfromhisplaceמִמְּקוֹמֽוֹ׃mi.me.ko.MoH4725.

9Oilשֶׁ֣מֶןShe.menH8081andperfumerejoiceH8055theheartלֵ֑בLevH3820; So doththesweetnessוּמֶ֥תֶקu.Me.tekH4986ofaman’sfriendרֵ֝עֵ֗הוּre.'E.huH7453thatcomethofheartycounselמֵֽעֲצַת־me.'a.tzat-H6098.

10Thine ownfriendרֵֽעֲךָ֨re.'a.KhaH7453,andthyfather’sאָבִ֡יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1friendH7453,forsakeתַּעֲזֹ֗בta.'a.ZoH5800not;Andgoתָּ֭בוֹאTa.Vo'H935nottothybrother’sאָחִ֗יךָ'a.Chi.khaH251houseוּבֵ֥יתu.VeitH1004inthedayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117ofthycalamityאֵידֶ֑ךָ'ei.De.khaH343:Betterisaneighborוְרֵ֪עַve.re.'ehH7453thatisnearthanabrotherמֵאָ֥חme.'AchH251farרָחֽוֹק׃ra.ChokH7350off.

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