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Proverbs 24:23-34

23ThesethingsH428alsoגַּם־gam-H1571comefromthewiseלַֽחֲכָמִ֑יםla.cha.kha.MimH2450.Itisnotgoodטֽוֹב׃TovH2896tohaverespectofpersonsinjudgmentבְּמִשְׁפָּ֣טbe.mish.PatH4941.

24Hethatsaith untothewickedלְרָשָׁע֮le.ra.Sha'H7563, Thou artrighteousצַדִּ֪יקtza.DikH6662,peoplesH5971shallcursehim,nationsshallabhorhim;

25buttothemthatrebukeוְלַמּוֹכִיחִ֥יםve.la.mo.khi.ChimH3198[him] shall bedelight,andagoodטֽוֹב׃TovH2896blessingבִרְכַּת־vir.kat-H1293comethuponthem.

26Hekisseththelipsשְׂפָתַ֥יִםse.fa.Ta.yimH8193who givetharightנְכֹחִֽים׃ne.kho.ChimH5228answer.

27PrepareH3559thyworkמְלַאכְתֶּ֗ךָme.lakh.Te.khaH4399without,andputthyfieldבַּשָּׂדֶ֣הba.sa.DehH7704inorder,andafterwardsbuildוּבָנִ֥יתָu.va.Ni.taH1129thyhouseבֵיתֶֽךָ׃ פvei.Te.khaH1004.

28Beתְּהִ֣יte.HiH1961notawitnessעֵד־'ed-H5707againstthy neighbourwithoutcauseחִנָּ֣םchi.NamH2600;andwouldest thou deceivewiththylipsבִּשְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃bis.fa.Tei.khaH8193?

29Sayתֹּאמַ֗רto.MarH559not,Iwilldosoכֵּ֤ןkenH3651tohimashehathdonetome,IwillrendertothemanH376accordingtohisworkH6467.

30Iwentbythefieldשְׂדֵ֣הse.DehH7704ofasluggardH6102,andbythevineyardכֶּ֝֗רֶםKe.remH3754ofamanH376voidofunderstanding;

31andlo,itwasallgrownoverwiththistles,andnettlesH2738hadcoveredכָּסּ֣וּka.SuH3680thefaceH6440thereof,anditsstoneH68wallוְגֶ֖דֶרve.Ge.derH1444wasbrokenH2040downנֶהֱרָֽסָה׃ne.he.Ra.sahH2040.

32ThenIlookedH7200,ItookH3947ittoheartלִבִּ֑יli.BiH3820;IsawH7200,IreceivedH3947instruction:

33—Alittleמְעַ֣טme.'AtH4592sleepשֵׁ֭נוֹתShe.notH8142,alittleמְעַ֣טme.'AtH4592slumberתְּנוּמ֑וֹתte.nu.MotH8572,alittleמְעַ֓ט׀me.'AtH4592foldingחִבֻּ֖קchi.BukH2264ofthehandsיָדַ֣יִםya.Da.yimH3027torestלִשְׁכָּֽב׃lish.KavH7901!

34Soshallthypovertyרֵישֶׁ֑ךָrei.She.khaH7389comeוּבָֽא־u.va'-H935[as]aroving plunderer,andthy penuryasanarmedmanכְּאִ֣ישׁke.'IshH376.

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