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Ecclesiastes 7:19-22

19Wisdomהַֽחָכְמָ֖הha.cha.khe.MahH2451strengthensתָּעֹ֣זta.'OzH5810a wiseלֶחָכָ֑םle.cha.KhamH2450personH2450moreH4480thanH4480tenמֵֽעֲשָׂרָה֙me.'a.sa.RahH6235rulersשַׁלִּיטִ֔יםsha.li.TimH7989whoאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834are in a cityבָּעִֽיר׃ba.'IrH5892.

20Indeedכִּ֣יkiH3588,thereH369isH369notH369a righteousצַדִּ֖יקtza.DikH6662personאָדָ֔ם'a.DamH120on earthבָּאָ֑רֶץba.'A.retzH776whoאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834alwaysdoesיַעֲשֶׂה־ya.'a.seh-H6213goodטּ֖וֹבTovH2896and does not eversinיֶחֱטָֽא׃ye.che.Ta'H2398.

21Alsoגַּ֤םgamH1571, do nottakeתִּתֵּ֖ןti.TenH5414seriouslyלִבֶּ֑ךָli.Be.khaH3820allלְכָל־le.kholH3605the wordsהַדְּבָרִים֙ha.de.va.RimH1697whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834are spokenיְדַבֵּ֔רוּye.da.Be.ruH1696,soאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834that you do not hearתִשְׁמַ֥עtish.Ma'H8085your servantעַבְדְּךָ֖'av.de.KhaH5650cursingמְקַלְלֶֽךָ׃me.ka.Le.chaH7043you,

22foryou knowיָדַ֣עya.Da'H3045that evenH1571you have cursedקִלַּ֥לְתָּki.Lal.taH7043othersאֲחֵרִֽים׃'a.che.RimH312manyרַבּ֖וֹתra.BotH7227timesפְּעָמִ֥יםpe.'a.MimH6471asH1571wellH1571.

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