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Proverbs 22:17-24

17Inclineהַ֥טhatH5186thineearאָזְנְךָ֗'a.ze.ne.KhaH241,andhearוּ֭שְׁמַעU.she.ma'H8085thewordsדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697ofthewiseחֲכָמִ֑יםcha.kha.MimH2450,andapplythyheartוְ֝לִבְּךָ֗ve.li.be.khaH3820untomyknowledgeלְדַעְתִּֽי׃le.da'.TiH1847.

18Foritisapleasantנָ֭עִיםNa.'imH5273thingifthoukeepתִשְׁמְרֵ֣םtish.me.RemH8104themwithinthee:theyshallbetogetherיַ֝חְדָּ֗וyach.DavH3162fittedonthylipsשְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃se.fa.Tei.khaH8193.

19ThatthyconfidenceH4009maybeלִהְי֣וֹתlih.YotH1961inJehovah,IhavemadeH3045[them]knownH3045totheethisdayהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117,evenאַף־'af-H637tothee.

20HavenotIwrittenH3789tothee excellentthings,incounselsבְּמ֖וֹעֵצֹ֣תbe.Mo.'e.TzotH4156andknowledgeוָדָֽעַת׃va.Da.'atH1847,

21thatImightmakeלְהוֹדִֽיעֲךָ֗le.ho.di.'a.KhaH3045theeknowH3045thecertaintyofthewordsאִמְרֵ֣י'im.ReiH561oftruthH571;thatthou mightest carrybackלְהָשִׁ֥יבle.ha.ShivH7725wordsאֲמָרִ֥ים'a.ma.RimH561oftruthH571tothemthatsendH7971thee?

22Robתִּגְזָל־tig.zol-H1497notthepoorעָנִ֣י'a.NiH6041,becauseheispoorH6041,neitheroppresstheafflictedH6041inthegateבַשָּֽׁעַר׃va.Sha.'arH8179;

23forJehovahwillpleadtheircauseH7379,anddespoilthesoulH5315ofthosethatdespoilthem.

24MakenofriendshipwithanangrymanH376,andgoתָבֽוֹא׃ta.Vo'H935notwithafuriousmanH376;

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