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Proverbs 4:11-18

11IhavetaughtH3384theeinthewayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870ofwisdomחָ֭כְמָהchokh.mahH2451;IhaveledH1869theeinpathsofuprightnessיֹֽשֶׁר׃Yo.sherH3476.

12Whenthou goest, thystepsצַעֲדֶ֑ךָtza.'a.De.khaH6806shallnotbestraitened;Andifthou runnest, thou shaltnotstumbleתִכָּשֵֽׁל׃ti.ka.ShelH3782.

13Takeהַחֲזֵ֣קha.cha.ZekH2388fastholdH2388ofinstruction;lethernotgoתֶּ֑רֶףTe.refH7503:Keepנִ֝צְּרֶ֗הָni.tze.Re.haH5341her;forsheisthylifeחַיֶּֽיךָ׃chai.Yei.khaH2416.

14Enternotintothepathבְּאֹ֣רַחbe.'O.rachH734ofthewickedרְ֭שָׁעִיםRe.sha.'imH7563,Andwalknotinthewayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870ofevilרָעִֽים׃ra.'ImH7451men.

15Avoidit,passתַּעֲבָר־ta.'a.vor-H5674notbyit;Turnשְׂטֵ֖הse.TehH7847fromit,andpassוַעֲבֽוֹר׃va.'a.VorH5674on.

16Fortheysleepשְׁ֝נָתָ֗םShe.na.TamH8142not,excepttheydoevilH7489;AndtheirsleepH8142istakenawayוְֽנִגְזְלָ֥הve.nig.ze.LahH1497,unlesstheycause sometofall.

17Fortheyeatלָ֭חֲמוּLa.cha.muH3898thebreadלֶ֣חֶםLe.chemH3899ofwickednessרֶ֑שַׁעRe.sha'H7562,Anddrinkיִשְׁתּֽוּ׃yish.TuH8354thewineוְיֵ֖יןve.YeinH3196ofviolenceH2555.

18Butthepathוְאֹ֣רַחve.'O.rachH734oftherighteousצַ֭דִּיקִיםTza.di.kimH6662isasthedawninglightכְּא֣וֹרke.'orH216,Thatshineth moreandmore untotheperfectdayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117.

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