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Proverbs 12:17-19

17He whospeaksיָפִ֣יחַya.Fi.achH6315the truthאֱ֭מוּנָה'E.mu.nahH530declaresיַגִּ֣ידya.GidH5046what is rightצֶ֑דֶקTze.dekH6664,but a falseשְׁקָרִ֣יםshe.ka.RimH8267witnessוְעֵ֖דve.'EdH5707speaksdeceitמִרְמָֽה׃mir.MahH4820.

18Speaking rashlyיֵ֣שׁ בּ֭וֹטֶהyesh Bo.tehH3426 H981is like a piercingכְּמַדְקְר֣וֹתke.mad.ke.RotH4094swordחָ֑רֶבCha.revH2719,but the tongueוּלְשׁ֖וֹןu.le.ShonH3956of the wiseחֲכָמִ֣יםcha.kha.MimH2450brings healingמַרְפֵּֽא׃mar.Pe'H4832.

19Truthfulאֱ֭מֶת'E.metH571lipsשְֽׂפַת־se.fat-H8193endure foreverתִּכּ֣וֹן לָעַ֑דti.Kon la.'AdH3559 H5703,but a lyingשָֽׁקֶר׃Sha.kerH8267tongueלְשׁ֣וֹןle.ShonH3956lastsonlyוְעַד־ve.'ad-H5704a momentאַ֝רְגִּ֗יעָה'ar.Gi.'ahH7280.

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