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Proverbs 26:3-12

3Awhipשׁ֣וֹטShotH7752forthehorseלַ֭סּוּסLa.susH5483, abridleמֶ֣תֶגMe.tegH4964fortheass,andarodוְ֝שֵׁ֗בֶטve.She.vetH7626forthebackoffoolsכְּסִילִֽים׃ke.si.LimH3684.

4Answerתַּ֣עַןTa.'anH6030notafoolכְּ֭סִילKe.silH3684accordingtohisfollyH200,lestפֶּֽן־pen-H6435thoualsoגַם־gam-H1571belike unto him.

5Answerעֲנֵ֣ה'a.NehH6030afoolכְ֭סִילKhe.silH3684accordingtohisfollyH200,lestפֶּן־pen-H6435hebeיִהְיֶ֖הyih.YehH1961wiseחָכָ֣םcha.KhamH2450inhisowneyesבְּעֵינָֽיו׃be.'ei.NavH5869.

6Hethatsendethamessagebythehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027ofafoolכְּסִֽיל׃ke.SilH3684cuttethoff[hisown]feetH7272, [and] drinketh damage.

7Thelegsשֹׁ֭קַיִםSho.ka.yimH7785ofthelameמִפִּסֵּ֑חַmi.pi.Se.achH6455hangדַּלְי֣וּdal.YuH1809loose;soisaproverbוּ֝מָשָׁ֗לu.ma.ShalH4912inthemouthבְּפִ֣יbe.FiH6310offoolsכְסִילִֽים׃khe.si.LimH3684.

8Asabagofgemsinastoneheap,soכֵּן־ken-H3651ishethatgiveth honourtoafoolלִכְסִ֣ילlikh.SilH3684.

9[As]athornח֭וֹחַCho.achH2336goethupintothehandבְיַד־ve.yad-H3027ofadrunkardשִׁכּ֑וֹרshi.KorH7910,soisaproverbוּ֝מָשָׁ֗לu.ma.ShalH4912inthemouthבְּפִ֣יbe.FiH6310offoolsכְסִילִֽים׃khe.si.LimH3684.

10Amaster roughly worketheveryone:hebothhireththefoolכְּ֝סִ֗ילke.SilH3684andhireth passers-by.

11Asadogכְּ֭כֶלֶבKe.khe.levH3611turnethbackH7725toitsvomitקֵא֑וֹke.'OH6892, [so]afoolכְּ֝סִ֗ילke.SilH3684repeatethhisfollyH200.

12Hast thouseenרָאִ֗יתָra.'I.taH7200amanH376wiseחָכָ֣םcha.KhamH2450inhisowneyesבְּעֵינָ֑יוbe.'ei.NavH5869? Thereismoreמִמֶּֽנּוּ׃mi.Me.nuH4480hopeתִּקְוָ֖הtik.VahH8615ofafoolלִכְסִ֣ילlikh.SilH3684thanofhim.

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