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Proverbs 17:7-21
7Excellentspeechbecomethnotavile [man];howmuchlessdolyingH8267lipsH8193anobleלְנָדִ֥יבle.na.DivH5081! 8Agiftisapreciousstoneאֶֽבֶן־'e.ven-H68intheeyesבְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.NeiH5869ofthepossessor: whithersoeveritturnethitprospereth. 9Hethatcoverethtransgressionפֶּ֭שַׁעPe.sha'H6588seekethloveאַהֲבָ֑ה'a.ha.VahH160;buthethatbringethamatterבְ֝דָבָ֗רve.da.VarH1697upagainH8138separateth veryfriends. 10Areproof entereth more deeply intohimthathathunderstandingבְמֵבִ֑יןve.me.VinH995thanahundredמֵאָֽה׃me.'AhH3967stripes intoafoolכְּסִ֣ילke.SilH3684. 11Anevilרָ֑עRa'H7451[man] seekethonlyאַךְ־'akh-H389rebellionמְרִ֥יme.RiH4805;butacruelאַ֝כְזָרִ֗י'akh.za.RiH394messengerוּמַלְאָ֥ךְu.mal.'AkhH4397shallbesentH7971againsthim. 13Whoso rewardethevilרָ֭עָהRa.'ahH7451forgoodטוֹבָ֑הto.VahH2896,evilרָ֝עָ֗הra.'AhH7451shallnotdepartתָמ֥וּשׁta.mishH4185fromhishouseמִבֵּיתֽוֹ׃mi.bei.ToH1004. 14ThebeginningofcontentionH4066is[as] when one lettethoutwaterמַ֭יִםMa.yimH4325; thereforeleaveH5203offstrifeH7379beforeitbecome vehement. 15Hethatjustifieththewickedרָ֭שָׁעRa.sho'H7563,andhethatcondemneththerighteousצַדִּ֑יקtza.DikH6662,eventheybothareabominationתּוֹעֲבַ֥תto.'a.VatH8441toJehovah. 16Towhatpurposeisthereapriceמְחִ֣ירme.ChirH4242inthehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027ofafoolכְּסִ֑ילke.SilH3684togetwisdomחָכְמָ֣הchokh.mahH2451, seeing [he] hathnosense? 17Thefriendהָרֵ֑עַha.Re.a'H7453lovethatalltimesעֵ֭ת'etH6256,andabrotherוְאָ֥חve.'AchH251isbornH3205foradversity. 19Helovethtransgressionפֶּ֭שַׁעPe.sha'H6588that lovethaquarrel;hethat makethhighמַגְבִּ֥יהַּmag.Bi.ahH1361hisgateseekethdestructionH7667. 20HethathathaperverseH6141heartלֵ֭בlevH3820findethnogoodט֑וֹבTovH2896;andhethatshifteth aboutwithhistongueבִּ֝לְשׁוֹנ֗וֹbil.sho.NoH3956fallethintoevilH7451. 21Hethatbegettethafoolכְּ֭סִילKe.silH3684[doethit]tohissorrow,andthefatherאֲבִ֣י'a.ViH1ofavile [man] hathnojoy. Commentaries on Proverbs 17
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