Proverbs 17
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Proverbs 17:7-10

7Eloquentיֶ֑תֶרYe.terH3499wordsשְׂפַת־se.fat-H8193are unfitלֹא־ נָאוָ֣הlo'- na.VahH3808H5000for a foolלְנָבָ֣לle.na.ValH5036;how much worseאַ֝֗ף כִּֽי־'Af ki-H637H3588are lyingשָֽׁקֶר׃Sha.kerH8267lipsשְׂפַת־se.fat-H8193to a rulerלְנָדִ֥יבle.na.DivH5081!
8A bribeהַ֭שֹּׁחַדHa.sho.chadH7810is a charmאֶֽבֶן־ חֵ֣ן'e.ven- chenH2580H68toבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869its giverבְעָלָ֑יוve.'a.LavH1167;whereverאֶֽל־ כָּל־'el- kol-H413H3605אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherH834he turnsיִפְנֶ֣הyif.NehH6437,he succeedsיַשְׂכִּֽיל׃yas.KilH7919.
9Whoever concealsמְֽכַסֶּה־me.kha.seh-H3680an offenseפֶּ֭שַׁעPe.sha'H6588promotesמְבַקֵּ֣שׁme.va.KeshH1245loveאַהֲבָ֑ה'a.ha.VahH160,but he who brings it upוְשֹׁנֶ֥ה בְ֝דָבָ֗רve.sho.Neh ve.da.VarH8138H1697separatesמַפְרִ֥ידmaf.RidH6504friendsאַלּֽוּף׃'a.LufH441.
10A rebukeגְּעָרָ֣הge.'a.RahH1606cuts intoתֵּ֣חַתTe.chatH5181a man of discernmentבְמֵבִ֑יןve.me.VinH995deeper than a hundredמֵאָֽה׃me.'AhH3967lashesמֵהַכּ֖וֹתme.ha.KotH5221cut intoa foolכְּסִ֣ילke.SilH3684.
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