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Proverbs 1:15-19

15My sonבְּנִ֗יbe.NiH1121,do not walkתֵּלֵ֣ךְte.LekhH1980on the wayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870with them.KeepH4513your feetרַ֝גְלְךָ֗rag.le.khaH7272fromH4513 H4480their pathמִנְּתִיבָתָֽם׃mi.ne.ti.va.TamH5410,

16Fortheir feetרַ֭גְלֵיהֶםRag.lei.hemH7272runיָר֑וּצוּya.Ru.tzuH7323to evilלָרַ֣עla.Ra'H7451,And they areH4116quickH4116to shedלִשְׁפָּךְ־lish.pokh-H8210bloodדָּֽם׃DamH1818.

17Indeedכִּֽי־ki-H3588, it isuselessחִ֭נָּםChi.nomH2600to spreadמְזֹרָ֣הme.zo.RahH2219the baitednetהָרָ֑שֶׁתha.Ra.shetH7568In the sightבְּ֝עֵינֵ֗יbe.'ei.NeiH5869of anyכָל־khol-H3605birdבַּ֥עַל כָּנָֽף׃Ba.'al ka.NafH1167 H3671;

18But theylieיֶאֱרֹ֑בוּye.'e.RouH693inH693waitH693for their own bloodלְדָמָ֣םle.da.MamH1818;They ambushיִ֝צְפְּנ֗וּyitz.pe.NuH6845their own livesלְנַפְשֹׁתָֽם׃le.naf.sho.TamH5315.

19Suchכֵּ֗ןKenH3651are the waysאָ֭רְחוֹת'A.re.chotH734of everyoneכָּל־kol-H3605whomakesבֹּ֣צֵֽעַBo.tze.a'H1214unjustבָּ֑צַעBa.tza'H1215gainH1215;It takesיִקָּֽח׃ פyi.KachH3947away the lifeנֶ֖פֶשׁNe.feshH5315of its possessorsבְּעָלָ֣יוbe.'a.LavH1167.

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