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Proverbs 4:10-19

10HearH8085,mysonבְּ֭נִיBe.niH1121,andreceiveוְקַ֣חve.KachH3947mysayings,andtheyearsשְׁנ֣וֹתshe.NotH8141ofthylifeחַיִּֽים׃chai.YimH2416shallbemultipliedH7235.

11IwillteachH3384theeinthewayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870ofwisdomחָ֭כְמָהchokh.mahH2451,IwillleadH1869theeinpathsofuprightnessיֹֽשֶׁר׃Yo.sherH3476.

12Whenthou goest, thystepsצַעֲדֶ֑ךָtza.'a.De.khaH6806shallnotbestraitened;andwhenthou runnest, thou shaltnotstumbleתִכָּשֵֽׁל׃ti.ka.ShelH3782.

13Takeהַחֲזֵ֣קha.cha.ZekH2388fastholdH2388ofinstruction,let[her]notgoתֶּ֑רֶףTe.refH7503:keepנִ֝צְּרֶ֗הָni.tze.Re.haH5341her,forsheisthylifeחַיֶּֽיךָ׃chai.Yei.khaH2416.

14Enternotintothepathבְּאֹ֣רַחbe.'O.rachH734ofthewickedרְ֭שָׁעִיםRe.sha.'imH7563,andgoתָּבֹ֑אta.Vo'H935notinthewayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870ofevilרָעִֽים׃ra.'ImH7451[men]:

15avoidit,passתַּעֲבָר־ta.'a.vor-H5674notbyit;turnשְׂטֵ֖הse.TehH7847fromit,andpassוַעֲבֽוֹר׃va.'a.VorH5674away.

16Fortheysleepשְׁ֝נָתָ֗םShe.na.TamH8142notexcepttheyhavedone mischief,andtheirsleepH8142istakenawayוְֽנִגְזְלָ֥הve.nig.ze.LahH1497unlesstheyhavecaused [some]tofall.

17Fortheyeatלָ֭חֲמוּLa.cha.muH3898thebreadלֶ֣חֶםLe.chemH3899ofwickednessרֶ֑שַׁעRe.sha'H7562,anddrinkיִשְׁתּֽוּ׃yish.TuH8354thewineוְיֵ֖יןve.YeinH3196ofviolenceH2555.

18Butthepathוְאֹ֣רַחve.'O.rachH734oftherighteousצַ֭דִּיקִיםTza.di.kimH6662isastheshininglightכְּא֣וֹרke.'orH216,goingH1980onandbrighteninguntilthedayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117befullycomeH1980.

19Thewayדֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870ofthewickedרְ֭שָׁעִיםRe.sha.'imH7563isasdarknessכָּֽאֲפֵלָ֑הka.'a.fe.LahH653:theyknowיָ֝דְע֗וּya.de.'UH3045notatwhattheystumbleH3782.

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