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Proverbs 5:6-21

6Lestפֶּן־pen-H6435sheshouldponderthepathאֹ֣רַח'O.rachH734oflifeחַ֭יִּיםChai.yimH2416,herwaysH734wanderנָע֥וּna.'UH5128,sheknowethnot[whither].

7AndnowH6258,children, hearken untome,anddepartתָּ֝ס֗וּרוּta.Su.ruH5493notfromthewordsH561ofmymouthפִֽי׃FiH6310.

8RemoveH7368thywayדַרְכֶּ֑ךָdar.Ke.khaH1870farהַרְחֵ֣קhar.ChekH7368fromher,andcomenotnighthedoorH6607ofherhouseבֵּיתָֽהּ׃bei.TahH1004:

9lestפֶּן־pen-H6435thougiveתִּתֵּ֣ןti.TenH5414thine honour untoothersלַאֲחֵרִ֣יםla.'a.che.RimH312,andthyyearsוּ֝שְׁנֹתֶ֗יךָu.she.no.Tei.khaH8141untothecruelלְאַכְזָרִֽי׃le.'akh.za.RiH394;

10lestפֶּֽן־pen-H6435strangersזָרִ֣יםza.RimH2114befilledwiththy wealth,andthefruitsofthy toil [come] intothehouseבְּבֵ֣יתbe.VeitH1004ofastranger;

11andthou mourninthineendבְאַחֲרִיתֶ֑ךָve.'a.cha.ri.Te.khaH319,whenthyfleshבְּ֝שָׂרְךָ֗be.sa.re.khaH1320andthybodyH1320areconsumed;

12andthousayוְֽאָמַרְתָּ֗ve.'a.mar.TaH559,Howאֵ֭יךְ'eikhH349haveIhatedשָׂנֵ֣אתִיsa.Ne.tiH8130instruction,andmyheartלִבִּֽי׃li.BiH3820despisedreproof!

13andIhavenothearkened untothevoiceבְּק֣וֹלbe.KolH6963ofmyteachersוְ֝לִֽמְלַמְּדַ֗יve.lim.la.me.DaiH3925,norinclinedH5186mineearאָזְנִֽי׃'a.ze.NiH241tothosethatinstructedH3384me;

14IwasH1961well nighinallevilH7451inthemidstH8432ofthecongregationוְעֵדָֽה׃ve.'e.DahH5712andassemblyקָהָ֣לka.HalH6951.

15Drinkשְׁתֵה־she.teh-H8354watersמַ֥יִםMa.yimH4325outofthine owncisternמִבּוֹרֶ֑ךָmi.bo.Re.khaH953,andrunningwatersH4325outofthine ownwellבְּאֵרֶֽךָ׃be.'e.Re.khaH875.

16Thyfountainsshallbepoured forth,aswater-brooksinthebroadways.

17LetthembeH1961onlyH905thineown,andnotstrangers'withthee.

18LetthyfountainH4726beיְהִֽי־ye.hi-H1961blessedH1288;andhavejoyofthewifeמֵאֵ֥שֶׁתme.'E.shetH802ofthyyouthנְעוּרֶֽךָ׃ne.'u.Re.khaH5271.

19Asalovely hindandagracefulroe,letherbreastssatisfyיְרַוֻּ֣ךָye.ra.Vu.khaH7301theeatalltimesעֵ֑ת'EtH6256:bethou ravishedcontinuallyתָמִֽיד׃ta.MidH8548withherloveבְּ֝אַהֲבָתָ֗הּbe.'a.ha.va.TahH160.

20Andwhyוְלָ֤מָּהve.La.mahH4100shouldest thou,mysonבְנִ֣יve.NiH1121,beravishedwithastrangeבְזָרָ֑הve.za.RahH2114womanנָכְרִיָּֽה׃na.khe.ri.YahH5237,andembraceוּ֝תְחַבֵּ֗קu.te.cha.BekH2263thebosomחֵ֣קchekH2436ofastranger?

21Forthewaysדַּרְכֵי־dar.khei-H1870ofmanH376arebeforetheeyesעֵינֵ֣י'ei.NeiH5869ofJehovah,andheponderethallhispaths.

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