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Proverbs 20:17-21

17Foodלֶ֣חֶםLe.chemH3899gained by fraudשָׁ֑קֶרSha.kerH8267is sweetעָרֵ֣ב'a.RevH6156to a manלָ֭אִישׁLa.'ishH376,but laterוְ֝אַחַ֗רve.'a.CharH310his mouthפִ֥יהוּFi.huH6310is full ofיִמָּֽלֵא־yi.ma.le'-H4390gravelחָצָֽץ׃cha.TzatzH2687.

18Setתִכּ֑וֹןti.KonH3559plansמַ֭חֲשָׁבוֹתMa.cha.sha.VotH4284by consultationבְּעֵצָ֣הbe.'e.TzahH6098,and wageעֲשֵׂ֣ה'a.SehH6213warמִלְחָמָֽה׃mil.cha.MahH4421under sound guidanceוּ֝בְתַחְבֻּל֗וֹתu.ve.tach.bu.LotH8458.

19He who revealsגּֽוֹלֶה־go.leh-H1540secretsסּ֭וֹדSodH5475is a constantהוֹלֵ֣ךְho.LekhH1980gossipרָכִ֑ילra.KhilH7400;avoidלֹ֣א תִתְעָרָֽב׃lo' tit.'a.RavH3808 H6148the one who babblesוּלְפֹתֶ֥הu.le.fo.TehH6601with his lipsשְׂ֝פָתָ֗יוSe.fa.TavH8193.

20Whoever cursesמְ֭קַלֵּלMe.ka.lelH7043his fatherאָבִ֣יו'a.VivH1or motherוְאִמּ֑וֹve.'i.MoH517,his lampנֵ֝ר֗וֹne.RoH5216will be extinguishedיִֽדְעַ֥ךְyid.'AkhH1846in deepestבֶּאֱשׁ֥וּןbe.'i.shonH380darknessחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃Cho.shekhH2822.

21An inheritanceנַ֭חֲלָהNa.cha.lahH5159gainedH973quicklyבָּרִאשֹׁנָ֑הba.ri.sho.NahH7223will notלֹ֣אlo'H3808be blessedתְבֹרָֽךְ׃te.vo.RakhH1288in the endוְ֝אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּve.'a.cha.ri.TahH319.

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