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Proverbs 16:1-11

1Thepurposesoftheheartלֵ֑בLevH3820areofmanH120,buttheanswerמַעֲנֵ֥הma.'a.NehH4617ofthetongueלָשֽׁוֹן׃la.ShonH3956isfromJehovah.

2Allthewaysדַּרְכֵי־dar.khei-H1870ofamanH376arecleaninhisowneyesבְּעֵינָ֑יוbe.'ei.NavH5869;butJehovahweigheththespiritsH7307.

3Committhyworksמַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָma.'a.Sei.khaH4639untoJehovah,andthythoughtsH4284shallbeestablishedוְ֝יִכֹּ֗נוּve.yi.Ko.nuH3559.

4Jehovahhathwroughteverythingכֹּ֤לkolH3605onhisown account, yea,eventhewickedרָ֝שָׁ֗עra.Sha'H7563forthedayלְי֣וֹםle.YomH3117ofevilH7451.

5Everyproudheartלֵ֑בLevH3820isanabominationתּוֹעֲבַ֣תto.'a.VatH8441toJehovah:handיָ֥דyadH3027forhandלְ֝יָ֗דle.YadH3027,heshallnotbeheldinnocent.

6Byloving-kindnessandtruthH571iniquityעָוֹ֑ן'a.VonH5771isatonedfor;andbythefearוּבְיִרְאַ֥תu.ve.yir.'AtH3374ofJehovah[men]departH5493fromevilמֵרָֽע׃me.Ra'H7451.

7Whenaman'swaysדַּרְכֵי־dar.khei-H1870pleaseJehovah,hemakethevenhisenemiesא֝וֹיְבָ֗יו'oy.VavH341tobeatpeacewithhim.

8Betterisalittleמְ֭עַטMe.'atH4592withrighteousnessבִּצְדָקָ֑הbitz.da.KahH6666,thangreatrevenueswithoutrightH4941.

9Theheartלֵ֣בlevH3820ofmanH120devisethhiswayדַּרְכּ֑וֹdar.KoH1870,butJehovahdirectethhisstepsצַעֲדֽוֹ׃tza.'a.DoH6806.

10Anoracleisonthelipsשִׂפְתֵי־sif.tei-H8193ofthekingמֶ֑לֶךְMe.lekhH4428:hismouthפִּֽיו׃PivH6310willnoterrinjudgmentבְּ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗טbe.mish.PatH4941.

11Thejustbalanceפֶּ֤לֶס׀Pe.lesH6425andscalesareJehovah's;alltheweightsאַבְנֵי־'av.nei-H68ofthebagכִֽיס׃KhisH3599arehisworkמַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗הוּma.'a.Se.huH4639.

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