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Proverbs 11:18-21

18The wicked manרָשָׁ֗עra.Sha'H7563earnsעֹשֶׂ֥ה'o.SehH6213an emptyשָׁ֑קֶרSha.kerH8267wageפְעֻלַּת־fe.'u.lat-H6468,but he who sowsוְזֹרֵ֥עַve.zo.Re.a'H2232righteousnessצְ֝דָקָ֗הtze.da.KahH6666reapsa trueאֱמֶֽת׃'e.MetH571rewardשֶׂ֣כֶרSe.kherH7938.

19Genuineכֵּן־ken-H3651righteousnessצְדָקָ֥הtze.da.KahH6666leads to lifeלְחַיִּ֑יםle.chai.YimH2416,but the pursuitוּמְרַדֵּ֖ףu.me.ra.DefH7291of evilרָעָ֣הra.'AhH7451brings deathלְמוֹתֽוֹ׃le.mo.ToH4194.

20The perverseעִקְּשֵׁי־'i.ke.shei-H6141in heartלֵ֑בLevH3820are an abominationתּוֹעֲבַ֣תto.'a.VatH8441to the LORDיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068,but the blamelessתְּמִ֣ימֵיte.Mi.meiH8549in their walkדָֽרֶךְ׃Da.rekhH1870are His delightוּ֝רְצוֹנ֗וֹu.re.tzo.NoH7522.

21Be assuredH3027that the wickedרָּ֑עRa'H7451will notלֹא־lo'-H3808go unpunishedיִנָּ֣קֶהyi.Na.kehH5352,but the offspringוְזֶ֖רַעve.Ze.ra'H2233of the righteousצַדִּיקִ֣יםtza.di.KimH6662will escapeנִמְלָֽט׃nim.LatH4422.

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