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Proverbs 25:21-28

21Ifthineenemybehungryרָעֵ֣בra.'EvH7457,giveהַשְׁקֵ֥הוּhash.Ke.huH8248himbreadH3899toeatהַאֲכִלֵ֣הוּha.'a.khi.Le.huH398;andifhebethirstyצָ֝מֵ֗אtza.Me'H6771,giveH8248himwaterמָֽיִם׃Ma.yimH4325todrinkH8248:

22forthou shaltheapcoalsגֶֽחָלִ֗יםge.cha.LimH1513offireuponhisheadרֹאשׁ֑וֹro.ShoH7218,andJehovahshallrewardH7999thee.

23Thenorthצָ֭פוֹןTza.fonH6828windר֣וּחַRu.achH7307bringeth forthrainגָּ֑שֶׁםGa.shemH1653,andtheangrycountenanceabackbitingtongueלְשׁ֣וֹןle.ShonH3956.

24Itisbetterט֗וֹבTovH2896todwellשֶׁ֥בֶתShe.vetH3427inacornerפִּנַּת־pi.nat-H6438ofthehousetop,thanwithacontentiouswomanמֵאֵ֥שֶׁתme.'E.shetH802,andahouseוּבֵ֥יתu.VeitH1004incommon.

25[As]coldwatersמַ֣יִםMa.yimH4325toathirstysoulH5315,soisgoodט֝וֹבָ֗הto.VahH2896newsH8052fromafarcountry.

26Atroubledfountainוּמָק֣וֹרu.ma.KorH4726,andadefiledwell,isarighteousצַ֝דִּ֗יקtza.DikH6662[man]thatgivethwaybeforethewickedרָשָֽׁע׃ra.Sha'H7563.

27Itisnotgoodט֑וֹבTovH2896toeatאָ֘כֹ֤ל'a.KholH398muchהַרְבּ֣וֹתhar.BotH7235honeyדְּבַ֣שׁde.VashH1706;andtosearchH2714into weighty mattersis[itself]aweight.

28Hethathathnorule overhisownspiritלְרוּחֽוֹ׃le.ru.ChoH7307is[as]acityעִ֣יר'irH5892brokenH6555downH6555,withoutwallsחוֹמָ֑הcho.MahH2346.

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