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Proverbs 20:10-23

10DiversweightsH68, diversmeasuresH374,evenbothofthemareabominationתּוֹעֲבַ֥תto.'a.VatH8441toJehovah.

11Evenachildisknownbyhisdoings,whetherhisworkH6467bepureזַ֖ךְzakhH2134,andwhetheritberightH3477.

12Thehearingearאֹ֣זֶן'O.zenH241,andtheseeingרֹאָ֑הro.'AhH7200eyeוְעַ֣יִןve.'A.yinH5869,JehovahhathmadeH6213evenbothofthem.

13Loveתֶּֽאֱהַ֣בte.'e.HavH157notsleepשֵׁ֭נָהShe.nahH8142,lestפֶּן־pen-H6435thoucometopoverty;openפְּקַ֖חpe.KachH6491thineeyesעֵינֶ֣יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869, [and] thou shaltbesatisfiedH7646withbreadH3899.

14Badרַ֣עra'H7451!badרַ֭עra'H7451! saiththebuyerהַקּוֹנֶ֑הha.ko.NehH7069;butwhenheisgonehisway,thenאָ֣ז'azH227heboasteth.

15Thereisgoldזָ֭הָבza.hoH2091,andamultitudeH7230ofrubies;butthelipsשִׂפְתֵי־sif.tei-H8193ofknowledgeדָֽעַת׃Da.'atH1847areapreciousH3366Jewel.

16Takeלְֽקַח־le.kach-H3947hisgarmentבִּ֭גְדוֹbig.doH899thatisbecomesuretyעָ֣רַב'A.ravH6148[for]another,andholdhiminpledgeforstrangersזָ֑רZarH2114.

17BreadH3899offalsehoodשָׁ֑קֶרSha.kerH8267issweetעָרֵ֣ב'a.RevH6156toamanH376,butafterwardshismouthפִ֥יהוּFi.huH6310shallbefilledיִמָּֽלֵא־yi.ma.le'-H4390withgravelחָצָֽץ׃cha.TzatzH2687.

18Plansמַ֭חֲשָׁבוֹתMa.cha.sha.VotH4284areestablishedתִכּ֑וֹןti.KonH3559bycounselבְּעֵצָ֣הbe.'e.TzahH6098;andwithgoodadviceH6098makeעֲשֵׂ֣ה'a.SehH6213warמִלְחָמָֽה׃mil.cha.MahH4421.

19Hethatgoethabouttalebearing revealethsecretsסּ֭וֹדSodH5475; therefore meddlenotwithhimthatopenethhislipsשְׂ֝פָתָ֗יוSe.fa.TavH8193.

20Whoso cursethhisfatherאָבִ֣יו'a.VivH1orhismotherוְאִמּ֑וֹve.'i.MoH517,hislampנֵ֝ר֗וֹne.RoH5216shallbeputoutintheblackestdarknessחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃Cho.shekhH2822.

21Aninheritanceנַ֭חֲלָהNa.cha.lahH5159obtained hastilyatthebeginningwillnotbeblessedH1288intheendוְ֝אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּve.'a.cha.ri.TahH319.

22Sayתֹּאמַ֥רto.MarH559not,Iwillrecompenseevilרָ֑עRa'H7451:waitקַוֵּ֥הka.VehH6960onJehovah,andheshallsaveH3467thee.

23DiversweightsH68areanabominationתּוֹעֲבַ֣תto.'a.VatH8441untoJehovah;andafalsebalanceisnotgoodטֽוֹב׃TovH2896.

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