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Proverbs 4:20-27

20Mysonבְּ֭נִיBe.niH1121, attendtomywordsלִדְבָרַ֣יlid.va.RaiH1697;inclineהַט־hat-H5186thineearאָזְנֶֽךָ׃'a.ze.Ne.khaH241untomysayings.

21Letthemnotdepartיַלִּ֥יזוּya.Li.zuH3868fromthineeyesמֵעֵינֶ֑יךָme.'ei.Nei.khaH5869;keepשָׁ֝מְרֵ֗םSham.RemH8104theminthemidstבְּת֣וֹךְbe.TokhH8432ofthyheartלְבָבֶֽךָ׃le.va.Ve.khaH3824.

22Fortheyarelifeחַיִּ֣יםchai.YimH2416untothosethatfindלְמֹצְאֵיהֶ֑םle.mo.tze.'ei.HemH4672them,andhealthtoalltheirfleshבְּשָׂר֥וֹbe.sa.RoH1320.

23KeepH5341thyheartלִבֶּ֑ךָli.Be.khaH3820moreH4480thananythingthatisguarded;foroutofitaretheissuesoflifeחַיִּֽים׃chai.YimH2416.

24PutawayH5493fromthee perversenessofmouthפֶּ֑הPehH6310,andcorruptlipsשְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִםSe.fa.Ta.yimH8193putfarהַרְחֵ֥קhar.ChekH7368fromthee.

25Letthineeyesעֵ֭ינֶיךָ'Ei.nei.khaH5869lookיַבִּ֑יטוּya.Bi.tuH5027righton,andletthineeyelidsוְ֝עַפְעַפֶּ֗יךָve.'af.'a.Pei.khaH6079lookH5027straightיַיְשִׁ֥רוּyay.Shi.ruH3474beforethee.

26Ponderthepathofthyfeetרַגְלֶ֑ךָrag.Le.khaH7272,andletallthywaysדְּרָכֶ֥יךָde.ra.Khei.khaH1870bewell-ordered.

27Turnהָסֵ֖רha.SerH5493nottotherightיָמִ֥יןya.MinH3225handH3225nortotheleft;removeH5493thyfootרַגְלְךָ֣rag.le.KhaH7272fromevilמֵרָֽע׃me.Ra'H7451.

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