1Whoso lovethאֹהֵ֣ב'o.HevH157instructionמ֭וּסָרMu.sorH4148lovethאֹ֣הֵֽב'O.hevH157knowledgeדָּ֑עַתDa.'atH1847:but he that hatethוְשֹׂנֵ֖אve.so.Ne'H8130reproofתוֹכַ֣חַתto.Kha.chatH8433isbrutishבָּֽעַר׃Ba.'arH1198.
2A goodט֗וֹבTovH2896manobtainethיָפִ֣יקya.FikH6329favourרָ֭צוֹןRa.tzonH7522of the Lordמֵיְהוָ֑הme.Yah.wehH3068:but a manוְאִ֖ישׁve.'IshH376of wicked devicesמְזִמּ֣וֹתme.zi.MotH4209will he condemnיַרְשִֽׁיעַ׃yar.Shi.a'H7561.
3A manאָדָ֣ם'a.DamH120shall not be establishedיִכּ֣וֹןyi.KonH3559by wickednessבְּרֶ֑שַׁעbe.Re.sha'H7562:but the rootוְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁve.Sho.reshH8328of the righteousצַ֝דִּיקִ֗יםtza.di.KimH6662shall not be movedיִמּֽוֹט׃yi.MotH4131.
4A virtuousחַ֭יִלCha.yilH2428womanאֵֽשֶׁת־'e.shet-H802isa crownעֲטֶ֣רֶת'a.Te.retH5850to her husbandבַּעְלָ֑הּba'.LahH1167:but she that maketh ashamedמְבִישָֽׁה׃me.vi.ShahH954isas rottennessוּכְרָקָ֖בu.khe.ra.KavH7538in his bonesבְּעַצְמוֹתָ֣יוbe.'atz.mo.TavH6106.
5The thoughtsמַחְשְׁב֣וֹתmach.she.VotH4284of the righteousצַדִּיקִ֣יםtza.di.KimH6662arerightמִשְׁפָּ֑טmish.PatH4941: butthe counselsתַּחְבֻּל֖וֹתtach.bu.LotH8458of the wickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563aredeceitמִרְמָֽה׃mir.MahH4820.
6The wordsדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697of the wickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563areto lie in waitאֱרָב־'e.rov-H693for bloodדָּ֑םDamH1818:but the mouthוּפִ֥יu.FiH6310of the uprightיְ֝שָׁרִ֗יםye.sha.RimH3477shall deliverיַצִּילֵֽם׃ya.tzi.LemH5337them.
7The wickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563are overthrownהָפ֣וֹךְha.FokhH2015, and arenot: but the houseוּבֵ֖יתu.VeitH1004of the righteousצַדִּיקִ֣יםtza.di.KimH6662shall standיַעֲמֹֽד׃ya.'a.ModH5975.
8A manאִ֑ישׁ'IshH376shall be commendedיְהֻלַּל־ye.hu.lal-H1984accordingלְֽפִי־le.fi.Si-H6310to his wisdomשִׂ֭כְלוֹSikh.lovH7922:but he that is of a perverseוְנַעֲוֵה־ve.na.'a.veh-H5753heartלֵ֝֗בLevH3820shall be despisedלָבֽוּז׃la.VuzH937.
9He that isdespisedנִ֭קְלֶהNik.lehH7034,and hath a servantוְעֶ֣בֶדve.'E.vedH5650, isbetterט֣וֹבTovH2896than he that honourethמִ֝מְּתַכַּבֵּ֗דmi.me.tak.ka.BedH3513himself, and lackethוַחֲסַר־va.cha.sar-H2638breadלָֽחֶם׃La.chemH3899.
10A righteousצַ֭דִּיקTza.dikH6662manregardethיוֹדֵ֣עַyo.De.a'H3045the lifeנֶ֣פֶשׁNe.feshH5315of his beastבְּהֶמְתּ֑וֹbe.hem.ToH929:but the tender merciesוְֽרַחֲמֵ֥יve.ra.cha.MeiH7356of the wickedרְ֝שָׁעִ֗יםre.sha.'ImH7563arecruelאַכְזָרִֽי׃'akh.za.RiH394.
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