18Thewickedרָשָׁ֗עra.Sha'H7563earnethdeceitfulשָׁ֑קֶרSha.kerH8267wagesפְעֻלַּת־fe.'u.lat-H6468: but he that sowethrighteousnessצְ֝דָקָ֗הtze.da.KahH6666hath a surerewardH6468.
19He that is stedfast inrighteousnessצְדָקָ֥הtze.da.KahH6666shall attain untolifeלְחַיִּ֑יםle.chai.YimH2416: and he that pursuethevilרָעָ֣הra.'AhH7451doeth it to his owndeathלְמוֹתֽוֹ׃le.mo.ToH4194.
20They that areperverseעִקְּשֵׁי־'i.ke.shei-H6141inheartלֵ֑בLevH3820are anabominationתּוֹעֲבַ֣תto.'a.VatH8441to theLORDיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068: but such as areperfectתְּמִ֣ימֵיte.Mi.meiH8549in theirwayדָֽרֶךְ׃Da.rekhH1870are hisdelightוּ֝רְצוֹנ֗וֹu.re.tzo.NoH7522.
21Thoughhandיָ֣דyadH3027join inhandלְ֭יָדLe.yodH3027, theevilרָּ֑עRa'H7451manH6662shallnotלֹא־lo'-H3808beunpunishedיִנָּ֣קֶהyi.Na.kehH5352: but theseedוְזֶ֖רַעve.Ze.ra'H2233of therighteousצַדִּיקִ֣יםtza.di.KimH6662shall bedeliveredנִמְלָֽט׃nim.LatH4422.
22As a jewel ofgoldזָ֭הָבza.hoH2091in aswine’sחֲזִ֑ירcha.ZirH2386snoutבְּאַ֣ףbe.'AfH639,soוְסָ֣רַתve.Sa.ratH5493is afairיָ֝פָ֗הya.FahH3303womanאִשָּׁ֥ה'i.ShahH802whichH802is withoutdiscretionטָֽעַם׃Ta.'amH2940.
23Thedesireתַּאֲוַ֣תta.'a.VatH8378of therighteousצַדִּיקִ֣יםtza.di.KimH6662isonlyאַךְ־'akh-H389goodט֑וֹבTovH2896: but the expectation of thewickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563iswrathעֶבְרָֽה׃'ev.RahH5678.
24There is that scattereth, and increaseth yetmoreH5750; and there is that withholdethmoreH5750thanוְנוֹסָ֥ףve.no.SafH3254is meet, but it tendethonlyאַךְ־'akh-H389towantלְמַחְסֽוֹר׃le.mach.SorH4270.
25The liberalsoulנֶֽפֶשׁ־ne.fesh-H5315shall bemadeגַּם־gam-H1571fatתְדֻשָּׁ֑ןte.du.ShanH1878: and he that watereth shall be watered alsohimselfה֥וּאhu'H1931.
26He that withholdeth corn, thepeopleלְא֑וֹםle.'omH3816shall curse him: butblessingוּ֝בְרָכָ֗הu.ve.ra.KhahH1293shall be upon theheadלְרֹ֣אשׁle.RoshH7218of him that selleth it.
27He thatdiligentlyשֹׁ֣חֵֽרSho.cherH7836seekethgoodט֭וֹבTovH2896seeketh favour: but he that searchethafterוְדֹרֵ֖שׁve.do.ReshH1875mischief, it shallcomeתְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃te.vo.'E.nuH935unto him.
28He that trusteth in hisrichesבְּ֭עָשְׁרוֹbe.'a.she.roH6239shallfallיִפֹּ֑לyi.PolH5307: but therighteousצַדִּיקִ֥יםtza.di.KimH6662shall flourish as the greenleafוְ֝כֶעָלֶ֗הve.khe.'a.LehH5929.
29He that troubleth hisownH5157houseבֵּ֭יתוֹbei.toH1004shallinheritיִנְחַל־yin.chal-H5157thewindר֑וּחַRu.achH7307: and thefoolishאֱ֝וִ֗יל'e.VilH191shall beservantוְעֶ֥בֶדve.'E.vedH5650to thewiseלַחֲכַם־la.cha.kham-H2450ofheartלֵֽב׃LevH3820.
30Thefruitפְּֽרִי־pe.ri-H6529of therighteousצַ֭דִּיקTza.dikH6662is atreeעֵ֣ץ'etzH6086oflifeH5315; and he that iswiseחָכָֽם׃cha.KhamH2450winnethsoulsH5315.
31Beholdהֵ֣ןhenH2005, therighteousצַ֭דִּיקTza.dikH6662shall be recompensed in theearthבָּאָ֣רֶץba.'A.retzH776:howH637muchH637moreH637thewickedרָשָׁ֥עra.Sha'H7563and thesinnerוְחוֹטֵֽא׃ve.cho.Te'H2398!
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