16A fool’sאֱוִ֗יל'e.VilH191wrathכַּעְס֑וֹka'.SoH3708is presentlyבַּ֭יּוֹםBai.yomH3117knownיִוָּדַ֣עyi.va.Da'H3045:but a prudentעָרֽוּם׃'a.RumH6175mancoverethוְכֹסֶ֖הve.kho.SehH3680shameקָל֣וֹןka.LonH7036.
17He thatspeakethיָפִ֣יחַya.Fi.achH6315truthאֱ֭מוּנָה'E.mu.nahH530sheweth forthיַגִּ֣ידya.GidH5046righteousnessצֶ֑דֶקTze.dekH6664:but a falseשְׁקָרִ֣יםshe.ka.RimH8267witnessוְעֵ֖דve.'EdH5707deceitמִרְמָֽה׃mir.MahH4820.
18There isיֵ֣שׁyeshH3426that speakethבּ֭וֹטֶהBo.tehH981like the piercingsכְּמַדְקְר֣וֹתke.mad.ke.RotH4094of a swordחָ֑רֶבCha.revH2719:but the tongueוּלְשׁ֖וֹןu.le.ShonH3956of the wiseחֲכָמִ֣יםcha.kha.MimH2450ishealthמַרְפֵּֽא׃mar.Pe'H4832.
19The lipשְֽׂפַת־se.fat-H8193of truthאֱ֭מֶת'E.metH571shall be establishedתִּכּ֣וֹןti.KonH3559for everלָעַ֑דla.'AdH5703:but a lyingשָֽׁקֶר׃Sha.kerH8267tongueלְשׁ֣וֹןle.ShonH3956isbut for a momentאַ֝רְגִּ֗יעָה'ar.Gi.'ahH7280.
20Deceitמִ֭רְמָהMir.mahH4820isin the heartבְּלֶב־be.lev-H3820of them that imagineחֹ֣רְשֵׁיCho.re.sheiH2790evilרָ֑עRa'H7451:but to the counsellorsוּֽלְיֹעֲצֵ֖יu.le.yo.'a.TzeiH3289of peaceשָׁל֣וֹםsha.LomH7965isjoyשִׂמְחָֽה׃sim.ChahH8057.
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