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Proverbs 3:1-18

1Mysonבְּ֭נִיBe.niH1121,forgetתִּשְׁכָּ֑חtish.KachH7911notmyteaching,andletthyheartלִבֶּֽךָ׃li.Be.khaH3820observeH5341mycommandmentsוּ֝מִצְוֹתַ֗יu.mitz.vo.TaiH4687;

2forlengthאֹ֣רֶךְ'O.rekhH753ofdaysיָ֭מִיםYa.mimH3117,andyearsוּשְׁנ֣וֹתu.she.NotH8141oflife,andpeaceוְ֝שָׁל֗וֹםve.sha.LomH7965shalltheyaddיוֹסִ֥יפוּyo.Si.fuH3254tothee.

3Letnotloving-kindnessandtruthH571forsakeH5800thee;bindקָשְׁרֵ֥םka.she.RemH7194themaboutthyneckגַּרְגְּרוֹתֶ֑יךָgar.ge.ro.Tei.khaH1621,writeכָּ֝תְבֵ֗םka.te.VemH3789themuponthetabletל֥וּחַLu.achH3871ofthyheartלִבֶּֽךָ׃li.Be.khaH3820:

4andthou shaltfindוּמְצָא־u.me.tza'-H4672favourandgoodט֑וֹבTovH2896understandingH7922inthesightofGodאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430andmanH120.

5ConfideinJehovahwithallthyheartלִבֶּ֑ךָli.Be.khaH3820,andleanH8172notunto thine ownintelligence;

6inallthywaysדְּרָכֶ֥יךָde.ra.Khei.khaH1870acknowledgehim,andhewillmakeH3045plain thypathsאֹֽרְחֹתֶֽיךָ׃'O.re.cho.Tei.khaH734.

7Beתְּהִ֣יte.HiH1961notwiseחָכָ֣םcha.KhamH2450inthineowneyesבְּעֵינֶ֑יךָbe.'ei.Nei.khaH5869;fearיְרָ֥אye.Ra'H3372Jehovah,anddepartH5493fromevilמֵרָֽע׃me.Ra'H7451:

8itshallbeתְּהִ֣יte.HiH1961healthforthynavel,andmoistureforthybonesH6106.

9HonourJehovahwiththysubstance,andwiththefirst-fruitsofallthineincrease;

10so shall thybarnsbefilledוְיִמָּלְא֣וּve.yi.mal.'UH4390withplentyשָׂבָ֑עsa.Va'H7647,andthyvatsshalloverflowwithnewוְ֝תִיר֗וֹשׁve.ti.Ro.oshH8492wineH8492.

11Mysonבְּנִ֣יbe.NiH1121,despisenottheinstructionofJehovah,neitherbewearyofhischastisement;

12forwhomJehovahlovethhechasteneth,evenasafatherוּ֝כְאָ֗בu.khe.'AvH1thesonבֵּ֥ןbenH1121inwhomhedelighteth.

13BlessedisthemanH120that findethwisdomחָכְמָ֑הchokh.mahH2451,andthemanH120that gettethunderstandingתְּבוּנָֽה׃te.vu.NahH8394.

14Forthegainthereofisbetterט֣וֹבTovH2896thanthegainofsilverכָּ֑סֶףKa.sefH3701,andherrevenuethanfinegoldוּ֝מֵחָר֗וּץu.me.cha.RutzH2742.

15Sheismorepreciousיְקָ֣רָהye.Ka.rahH3368thanrubies;andallthethingsthou canstdesireH2656arenotequal untoher.

16Lengthאֹ֣רֶךְ'O.rekhH753ofdaysיָ֭מִיםYa.mimH3117isinherrightבִּֽימִינָ֑הּbi.mi.NahH3225handH3225;inherlefthandH3225richesH6239andhonour.

17Herwaysדְּרָכֶ֥יהָde.ra.Khei.haH1870arewaysדַרְכֵי־dar.khei-H1870ofpleasantness,andallherpathsH5410arepeaceH7965.

18Sheisatreeעֵץ־'etz-H6086oflifeחַיִּ֣יםchai.YimH2416tothemthatlayholdלַמַּחֲזִיקִ֣יםla.ma.cha.zi.KimH2388uponher;andhappyishethatretainethher.

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