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!
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.
11An evilרָ֑עRa'H7451manseeksיְבַקֶּשׁ־ye.va.kesh-H1245onlyאַךְ־'akh-H389rebellionמְרִ֥יme.RiH4805;a cruelאַ֝כְזָרִ֗י'akh.za.RiH394messengerוּמַלְאָ֥ךְu.mal.'AkhH4397will be sent against himיְשֻׁלַּח־ye.shu.lach-H7971.
12It is betterבְּאִ֑ישׁbe.'IshH376to meetפָּג֬וֹשׁpa.Go.oshH6298a bearדֹּ֣בdoH1677robbed of her cubsשַׁכּ֣וּלsha.KulH7909thanוְאַל־ve.'al-H408a foolכְּ֝סִ֗ילke.SilH3684in his follyבְּאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃be.'i.val.ToH200.
14To startרֵאשִׁ֣יתre.ShitH7225a quarrelמָד֑וֹןma.DonH4066is to releaseפּ֣וֹטֵֽרPo.terH6362a floodמַ֭יִםMa.yimH4325;so abandonנְטֽוֹשׁ׃ne.To.oshH5203the disputeהָרִ֥יבha.RivH7379beforeוְלִפְנֵ֥יve.lif.NeiH6440it breaks outהִ֝תְגַּלַּ֗עhit.ga.La'H1566.
15Acquittingמַצְדִּ֣יקmatz.DikH6663the guiltyרָ֭שָׁעRa.sho'H7563and condemningוּמַרְשִׁ֣יעַu.mar.Shi.a'H7561the righteousצַדִּ֑יקtza.DikH6662—bothשְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃she.nei.HemH8147are detestableתּוֹעֲבַ֥תto.'a.VatH8441to the LORDיְ֝הוָ֗הYah.wehH3068גַּם־gam-H1571.
16Whyלָמָּה־ זֶּ֣הla.mah- zehH4100H2088should the foolכְּסִ֑ילke.SilH3684have moneyמְחִ֣ירme.ChirH4242in his handבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027with noאָֽיִן׃'A.yinH369intentionוְלֶב־ve.lev-H3820of buyingלִקְנ֖וֹתlik.NotH7069wisdomחָכְמָ֣הchokh.mahH2451?
17A friendהָרֵ֑עַha.Re.a'H7453lovesאֹהֵ֣ב'o.HevH157at allבְּכָל־be.kholH3605timesעֵ֭ת'etH6256,and a brotherוְאָ֥חve.'AchH251is bornיִוָּלֵֽד׃yi.va.LedH3205for adversityלְ֝צָרָ֗הle.tza.RahH6869.
18A manאָדָ֣ם'a.DamH120lackingחֲסַר־cha.sar-H2638judgmentלֵ֭בlevH3820strikesתּוֹקֵ֣עַto.Ke.a'H8628hands in pledgeכָּ֑ףKafH3709and puts up securityעֹרֵ֥ב עֲ֝רֻבָּ֗ה'o.Rev 'a.ru.BahH6148H6161forלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440his neighborרֵעֵֽהוּ׃re.'E.huH7453.
19He who lovesאֹ֣הֵֽב'O.hevH157transgressionפֶּ֭שַׁעPe.sha'H6588lovesאֹהֵ֣ב'o.HevH157strifeמַצָּ֑הma.TzahH4683;he who builds his gateפִּ֝תְח֗וֹpit.ChoH6607highמַגְבִּ֥יהַּmag.Bi.ahH1361invitesמְבַקֶּשׁ־me.va.kesh-H1245destructionשָֽׁבֶר׃Sha.verH7667.
20The one with a perverseעִקֶּשׁ־'i.kesh-H6141heartלֵ֭בlevH3820findsיִמְצָא־yim.tza'-H4672noלֹ֣אlo'H3808goodט֑וֹבTovH2896,and he whose tongueבִּ֝לְשׁוֹנ֗וֹbil.sho.NoH3956is deceitfulוְנֶהְפָּ֥ךְve.neh.PakhH2015fallsיִפּ֥וֹלyi.PolH5307into troubleבְּרָעָֽה׃be.ra.'AhH7451.
21A man fathersיֹלֵ֣דyo.LedH3205a foolכְּ֭סִילKe.silH3684to his own griefלְת֣וּגָהle.Tu.gahH8424;the fatherאֲבִ֣י'a.ViH1of a foolנָבָֽל׃na.ValH5036has noוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808joyיִ֝שְׂמַ֗חyis.MachH8055.
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