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Proverbs 17:21-25

21A man fathersיֹלֵ֣דyo.LedH3205a foolכְּ֭סִילKe.silH3684to his own griefלְת֣וּגָהle.Tu.gahH8424;the fatherאֲבִ֣י'a.ViH1of a foolנָבָֽל׃na.ValH5036has noוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808joyיִ֝שְׂמַ֗חyis.MachH8055.

22A joyfulשָׂ֭מֵחַSa.me.achH8056heartלֵ֣בlevH3820is goodיֵיטִ֣בyei.TivH3190medicineגֵּהָ֑הge.HahH1456,but a brokenנְ֝כֵאָ֗הne.khe.'AhH5218spiritוְר֥וּחַve.Ru.achH7307dries upתְּיַבֶּשׁ־te.ya.besh-H3001the bonesגָּֽרֶם׃Ga.remH1634.

23A wickedרָשָׁ֣עra.Sha'H7563mantakesיִקָּ֑חyi.KachH3947a covertמֵ֭חֵיקMe.cheikH2436bribeשֹׁ֣חַדSho.chadH7810to subvertלְ֝הַטּ֗וֹתle.ha.TotH5186the courseאָרְח֥וֹת'a.re.ChotH734of justiceמִשְׁפָּֽט׃mish.PatH4941.

24Wisdomחָכְמָ֑הchokh.mahH2451is the focusאֶת־ פְּנֵ֣י'et- pe.NeiH854 H6440of the discerningמֵבִ֣יןme.VinH995,but the eyesוְעֵינֵ֥יve.'ei.NeiH5869of a foolכְ֝סִ֗ילkhe.SilH3684wander to the endsבִּקְצֵה־bik.tzeh-H7097of the earthאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776.

25A foolishכְּסִ֑ילke.SilH3684sonבֵּ֣ןbenH1121brings griefכַּ֣עַסKa.'asH3708to his fatherלְ֭אָבִיוLe.'a.vivH1and bitternessוּ֝מֶ֗מֶרu.Me.merH4470to her who bore himלְיוֹלַדְתּֽוֹ׃le.yo.lad.ToH3205.

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