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Proverbs 17:21-25

21He whofathersיֹלֵ֣דyo.LedH3205a foolכְּ֭סִילKe.silH3684does soto his sorrowלְת֣וּגָהle.Tu.gahH8424,And the fatherאֲבִ֣י'a.ViH1of a foolנָבָֽל׃na.ValH5036hasH8055noוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808joyH8055.

22Ajoyfulשָׂ֭מֵחַSa.me.achH8056heartלֵ֣בlevH3820isH3190goodיֵיטִ֣בyei.TivH3190medicineגֵּהָ֑הge.HahH1456,But a brokenנְ֝כֵאָ֗הne.khe.'AhH5218spiritוְר֥וּחַve.Ru.achH7307driesH3001upH3001the bonesגָּֽרֶם׃Ga.remH1634.

23A wickedרָשָׁ֣עra.Sha'H7563personH7563acceptsיִקָּ֑חyi.KachH3947abribeשֹׁ֣חַדSho.chadH7810from an insideH2436pocketH2436Topervertלְ֝הַטּ֗וֹתle.ha.TotH5186the waysאָרְח֥וֹת'a.re.ChotH734of justiceמִשְׁפָּֽט׃mish.PatH4941.

24Wisdomחָכְמָ֑הchokh.mahH2451is in the presenceפְּנֵ֣יpe.NeiH6440of one who hasH995understandingמֵבִ֣יןme.VinH995, But theeyesוְעֵינֵ֥יve.'ei.NeiH5869of a foolכְ֝סִ֗ילkhe.SilH3684are on the endsבִּקְצֵה־bik.tzeh-H7097of the earthאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776.

25Afoolishכְּסִ֑ילke.SilH3684sonבֵּ֣ןbenH1121is a griefכַּ֣עַסKa.'asH3708to his fatherלְ֭אָבִיוLe.'a.vivH1, Andbitternessוּ֝מֶ֗מֶרu.Me.merH4470to her who gaveH3205birthH3205to him.

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