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Proverbs 23:1-8

1Whenthou sittesttoeatלִלְח֣וֹםlil.ChomH3898witharulerמוֹשֵׁ֑לmo.ShelH4910,considerH995wellwhoisbeforethee;

2andputוְשַׂמְתָּ֣ve.sam.TaH7760aknifetothythroatH5315,ifthoubeamangiventoappetiteנֶ֣פֶשׁNe.feshH5315.

3Benotdesirousofhisdainties;fortheyare deceitfulfoodלֶ֣חֶםLe.chemH3899.

4WearyH3021notthyselftobecomeH6238richלְֽהַעֲשִׁ֑ירle.ha.'a.ShirH6238;ceaseחֲדָֽל׃cha.DalH2308fromthine own intelligence:

5wilt thousetthineeyesעֵינֶ֥יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869uponit,itisgone;forindeeditmakethitselfwingsכְנָפַ֑יִםkhe.na.Fa.yimH3671anditfliethawayasaneagleכְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁרke.Ne.sherH5404towardstheheavensהַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ פha.sha.Ma.yimH8064.

6Eatתִּלְחַ֗םtil.ChamH3898thounotthefoodלֶ֭חֶםLe.chemH3899ofhimthathath anevilרַ֣עra'H7451eyeעָ֑יִן'A.yinH5869,neitherdesireH183thouhisdainties.

7ForashethinkethinhissoulH5315,soכֶּ֫ן־Ken-H3651ishe.Eatאֱכֹ֣ל'e.KholH398anddrinkוּ֭שְׁתֵהU.she.tehH8354!willhesayיֹ֣אמַרYo.marH559unto thee;buthisheartוְ֝לִבּ֗וֹve.li.BoH3820isnotwiththee.

8Thymorselפִּֽתְּךָ־pi.te.kha-H6595whichthou hasteatenH398must thouvomitתְקִיאֶ֑נָּהte.ki.'E.nahH6958up,andthou wilthavewastedthy sweetwordsדְּבָרֶ֥יךָde.va.Rei.khaH1697.

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