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Proverbs 2

1Mysonבְּ֭נִיBe.niH1121,ifthou receivestmywordsאֲמָרָ֑י'a.ma.RaiH561,andlayestupmycommandmentsוּ֝מִצְוֹתַ֗יu.mitz.vo.TaiH4687withthee,

2sothatthouinclineתַּטֶּ֥הta.TehH5186thineearאָזְנֶ֑ךָ'a.ze.Ne.khaH241untowisdomלַֽחָכְמָ֣הla.cha.khe.MahH2451[and] thou apply thyheartלִ֝בְּךָ֗li.be.khaH3820tounderstandingלַתְּבוּנָֽה׃la.te.vu.NahH8394;

3yea,ifthou criestafterdiscernmentלַבִּינָ֣הla.bi.NahH998[and] liftestupthyvoiceקוֹלֶֽךָ׃ko.Le.chaH6963tounderstandingלַ֝תְּבוּנָ֗הla.te.vu.NahH8394;

4ifthou seekestherassilverכַכָּ֑סֶףkha.Ka.sefH3701andsearchestforherasforhiddentreasures:

5thenאָ֗ז'AzH227shalt thouunderstandH995thefearיִרְאַ֣תyir.'AtH3374ofJehovah,andfindתִּמְצָֽא׃tim.Tza'H4672theknowledgeוְדַ֖עַתve.Da.'atH1847ofGodאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430.

6ForJehovahgivethwisdomחָכְמָ֑הchokh.mahH2451; outofhismouthמִ֝פִּ֗יוmi.PivH6310[come]knowledgeדַּ֣עַתDa.'atH1847andunderstandingוּתְבוּנָֽה׃u.te.vu.NahH8394.

7HelayethupsoundH8454wisdomH8454fortheuprightלַ֭יְשָׁרִיםLay.sha.rimH3477; [he]isashieldמָ֝גֵ֗ןma.GenH4043tothemthatwalkלְהֹ֣לְכֵיle.Ho.le.kheiH1980inintegrityתֹֽם׃TomH8537;

8guardingH8104thepathsאָרְח֣וֹת'a.re.ChotH734ofjustjudgmentH4941andkeepingH8104thewayוְדֶ֖רֶךְve.De.rekhH1870ofhisgodlyonesH2623.

9Thenאָ֗ז'AzH227shalt thouunderstandתָּ֭בִיןTa.vinH995righteousnessצֶ֣דֶקTze.dekH6664andjudgmentH4941andequity:everygoodטֽוֹב׃TovH2896path.

10Whenwisdomחָכְמָ֣הchokh.mahH2451enterethintothyheartבְלִבֶּ֑ךָve.li.Be.khaH3820andknowledgeוְ֝דַ֗עַתve.Da.'atH1847ispleasantיִנְעָֽם׃yin.'AmH5276unto thysoulH5315,

11discretionמְ֭זִמָּהMe.zi.mahH4209shallkeepH8104thee,understandingתְּבוּנָ֥הte.vu.NahH8394shallpreserveתִנְצְרֶֽכָּה׃tin.tze.Re.kahH5341thee:

12Todeliverלְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָle.ha.Tzi.le.khaH5337theefromthewayמִדֶּ֣רֶךְmi.De.rekhH1870ofevilרָ֑עRa'H7451,fromthemanH376thatspeaketh frowardthingsתַּהְפֻּכֽוֹת׃tah.pu.KhotH8419;

13[from those] wholeaveהַ֭עֹ֣זְבִיםha.'O.ze.vimH5800thepathsאָרְח֣וֹת'a.re.ChotH734ofuprightnessיֹ֑שֶׁרYo.sherH3476,towalkinthewaysבְּדַרְכֵי־be.dar.khei-H1870ofdarknessחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃Cho.shekhH2822;

14whorejoiceH1523todoevilרָ֑עRa'H7451, [and]delightinthefrowardnessofevilרָֽע׃Ra'H7451;

15whosepathsאָרְחֹתֵיהֶ֣ם'a.re.cho.tei.HemH734arecrooked,andwhoarepervertedintheircourse:

16Todeliverלְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָle.ha.Tzi.le.khaH5337theefromthestrangeזָרָ֑הza.RahH2114womanמֵאִשָּׁ֣הme.'i.ShahH802,fromthestrangerwhoflatterethwithherwordsאֲמָרֶ֥יהָ'a.ma.Rei.haH561;

17whoforsakeththeguideofheryouthנְעוּרֶ֑יהָne.'u.Rei.haH5271,andforgetteththecovenantבְּרִ֖יתbe.RitH1285ofherGodאֱלֹהֶ֣יהָ'e.lo.Hei.haH430;

18—forherhouseבֵּיתָ֑הּbei.TahH1004inclineth untodeathמָ֣וֶתMa.vetH4194,andherpathsuntothedead;

19nonethatgoבָּ֭אֶיהָBa.'ei.haH935untoherreturnיְשׁוּב֑וּןye.shu.VunH7725again,neitherdotheyattaintothepathsאָרְח֥וֹת'a.re.ChotH734oflifeחַיִּֽים׃chai.YimH2416:

20—thatthou mayestwalkinthewayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870ofthegoodטוֹבִ֑יםto.VimH2896,andkeepתִּשְׁמֹֽר׃tish.MorH8104thepathsוְאָרְח֖וֹתve.'a.re.ChotH734oftherighteousצַדִּיקִ֣יםtza.di.KimH6662.

21Fortheuprightיְשָׁרִ֥יםye.sha.RimH3477shalldwellיִשְׁכְּנוּyish.ke.nu-H7931inthelandאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776,andtheperfectH8549shallremainיִוָּ֥תְרוּyi.Va.te.ruH3498init;

22butthewickedוּ֭רְשָׁעִיםU.re.sha.'imH7563shallbecutיִכָּרֵ֑תוּyi.ka.Re.tuH3772offfromthelandמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776,andtheunfaithfulshallbepluckedupoutofit.

Commentaries on Proverbs 2

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