1Whoso lovethcorrectionמ֭וּסָרMu.sorH4148lovethknowledgeדָּ֑עַתDa.'atH1847: but he that hatethreproofתוֹכַ֣חַתto.Kha.chatH8433is brutish.
2Agoodט֗וֹבTovH2896manH376shallobtainיָפִ֣יקya.FikH6329favour of theLORDמֵיְהוָ֑הme.Yah.wehH3068: but amanH376ofwickedH7561devicesמְזִמּ֣וֹתme.zi.MotH4209will hecondemnיַרְשִֽׁיעַ׃yar.Shi.a'H7561.
3Amanאָדָ֣ם'a.DamH120shallnotH3808beestablishedיִכּ֣וֹןyi.KonH3559bywickednessבְּרֶ֑שַׁעbe.Re.sha'H7562: but therootוְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁve.Sho.reshH8328of therighteousצַ֝דִּיקִ֗יםtza.di.KimH6662shallneverH3808bemovedיִמּֽוֹט׃yi.MotH4131.
4A virtuouswomanH802is acrownעֲטֶ֣רֶת'a.Te.retH5850toherH802husbandבַּעְלָ֑הּba'.LahH1167: but she that makethashamedמְבִישָֽׁה׃me.vi.ShahH954is asrottennessוּכְרָקָ֖בu.khe.ra.KavH7538in hisbonesבְּעַצְמוֹתָ֣יוbe.'atz.mo.TavH6106.
5Thethoughtsמַחְשְׁב֣וֹתmach.she.VotH4284of therighteousצַדִּיקִ֣יםtza.di.KimH6662arejustמִשְׁפָּ֑טmish.PatH4941: but thecounselsתַּחְבֻּל֖וֹתtach.bu.LotH8458of thewickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563aredeceitמִרְמָֽה׃mir.MahH4820.
6Thewordsדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697of thewickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563are oflyingאֱרָב־'e.rov-H693inwaitH693forbloodדָּ֑םDamH1818: but themouthוּפִ֥יu.FiH6310of theuprightיְ֝שָׁרִ֗יםye.sha.RimH3477shalldeliverיַצִּילֵֽם׃ya.tzi.LemH5337them.
7Thewickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563areoverthrownהָפ֣וֹךְha.FokhH2015, and arenotוְאֵינָ֑םve.'ei.NamH369: but thehouseוּבֵ֖יתu.VeitH1004of therighteousצַדִּיקִ֣יםtza.di.KimH6662shallstandיַעֲמֹֽד׃ya.'a.ModH5975.
8Amanאִ֑ישׁ'IshH376shall be commendedaccordingלְֽפִי־le.fi.Si-H6310to hiswisdomH3820: but he that is of a perverseheartלֵ֝֗בLevH3820shall bedespisedלָבֽוּז׃la.VuzH937.
9BetterH2896is he that islightlyנִ֭קְלֶהNik.lehH7034esteemedH7034, and hath aservantוְעֶ֣בֶדve.'E.vedH5650,thanH2896he that honourethhimselfמִ֝מְּתַכַּבֵּ֗דmi.me.tak.ka.BedH3513, and lackethbreadלָֽחֶם׃La.chemH3899.
10Arighteousצַ֭דִּיקTza.dikH6662manH7563regardeth thelifeנֶ֣פֶשׁNe.feshH5315of hisbeastבְּהֶמְתּ֑וֹbe.hem.ToH929: but the tendermerciesוְֽרַחֲמֵ֥יve.ra.cha.MeiH7356of thewickedרְ֝שָׁעִ֗יםre.sha.'ImH7563arecruelאַכְזָרִֽי׃'akh.za.RiH394.
11He that tilleth hislandאַ֭דְמָתוֹ'ad.ma.toH127shall haveplentyיִֽשְׂבַּֽע־yis.ba'-H7646ofbreadלָ֑חֶםLa.chemH3899: but he that followethafterוּמְרַדֵּ֖ףu.me.ra.DefH7291vain persons is void ofunderstandingלֵֽב׃LevH3820.
12Thewickedרָ֭שָׁעRa.sho'H7563desireth the net ofevilרָעִ֑יםra.'ImH7451menH7563: but therootוְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁve.Sho.reshH8328of therighteousצַדִּיקִ֣יםtza.di.KimH6662yieldeth fruit.
13In thetransgressionבְּפֶ֣שַׁעbe.Fe.sha'H6588of thelipsשְׂ֭פָתַיִםSe.fa.ta.yimH8193is asnareמוֹקֵ֣שׁmo.KeshH4170to theevilרָ֑עRa'H7451manH6662: but therighteousצַדִּֽיק׃tza.DikH6662shallcomeH3318outH3318oftroubleH7451.
14AmanH376shall besatisfiedיִשְׂבַּע־yis.ba'-H7646withgoodט֑וֹבTovH2896by thefruitמִפְּרִ֣יmi.pe.RiH6529of hismouthפִי־fi-H6310: and the doings of aman’sH376handsיְדֵי־ye.dei-H3027shall be rendered unto him.
15Thewayדֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of thefoolishאֱ֭וִיל'E.vilH191isrightיָשָׁ֣רya.SharH3477in hisownבְּעֵינָ֑יוbe.'ei.NavH5869eyesH5869: but he that iswiseחָכָֽם׃cha.KhamH2450hearkeneth untocounselלְעֵצָ֣הle.'e.TzahH6098.
16Afool’sאֱוִ֗יל'e.VilH191vexation is presentlyknownיִוָּדַ֣עyi.va.Da'H3045: but aprudentH6175manH6175concealethshameקָל֣וֹןka.LonH7036.
17He that utterethtruthאֱ֭מוּנָה'E.mu.nahH530sheweth forthrighteousnessצֶ֑דֶקTze.dekH6664, but afalseשְׁקָרִ֣יםshe.ka.RimH8267witnessוְעֵ֖דve.'EdH5707deceitמִרְמָֽה׃mir.MahH4820.
18There is that speakethrashlyבּ֭וֹטֶהBo.tehH981like the piercings of aswordחָ֑רֶבCha.revH2719: but thetongueוּלְשׁ֖וֹןu.le.ShonH3956of thewiseחֲכָמִ֣יםcha.kha.MimH2450ishealthמַרְפֵּֽא׃mar.Pe'H4832.
19Thelipשְֽׂפַת־se.fat-H8193oftruthאֱ֭מֶת'E.metH571shall beestablishedתִּכּ֣וֹןti.KonH3559foreverלָעַ֑דla.'AdH5703: but alyingשָֽׁקֶר׃Sha.kerH8267tongueלְשׁ֣וֹןle.ShonH3956is but for a moment.
20Deceitמִ֭רְמָהMir.mahH4820is in theheartבְּלֶב־be.lev-H3820of them that deviseevilרָ֑עRa'H7451: but to the counsellors ofpeaceשָׁל֣וֹםsha.LomH7965isjoyשִׂמְחָֽה׃sim.ChahH8057.
21There shallnoלֹא־lo'-H3808mischief happen to therighteousלַצַּדִּ֣יקla.tza.DikH6662: but thewickedוּ֝רְשָׁעִ֗יםu.re.sha.'ImH7563shall befilledמָ֣לְאוּMal.'uH4390withevilרָֽע׃Ra'H7451.
22Lyingשָׁ֑קֶרSha.kerH8267lipsשִׂפְתֵי־sif.tei-H8193are anabominationתּוֹעֲבַ֣תto.'a.VatH8441to theLORDיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068: but they thatdealוְעֹשֵׂ֖יve.'o.SeiH6213truly are hisdelightרְצוֹנֽוֹ׃re.tzo.NoH7522.
23Aprudentעָ֭רוּם'A.rumH6175manאָדָ֣ם'a.DamH120concealethknowledgeדָּ֑עַתDa.'atH1847: but theheartוְלֵ֥בve.LevH3820offoolsכְּ֝סִילִ֗יםke.si.LimH3684proclaimethfoolishnessאִוֶּֽלֶת׃'i.Ve.letH200.
24Thehandיַד־yad-H3027of the diligent shall bearruleתִּמְשׁ֑וֹלtim.SholH4910: but the slothful shall beputH3027underH3027taskwork.
25Heaviness in theheartבְלֶב־ve.lev-H3820of amanאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376maketh it stoop; but agoodט֣וֹבTovH2896wordוְדָבָ֖רve.da.VarH1697maketh itgladיְשַׂמְּחֶֽנָּה׃ye.sam.me.Che.nahH8055.
26Therighteousצַדִּ֑יקtza.DikH6662is aguideיָתֵ֣רya.TerH8446to his neighbour: but thewayוְדֶ֖רֶךְve.De.rekhH1870of thewickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563causeth them toerrתַּתְעֵֽם׃tat.'EmH8582.
27The slothfulmanH120roastethnotלֹא־lo'-H3808that which he took in hunting: but thepreciousיָקָ֣רya.KarH3368substanceוְהוֹן־ve.hon-H1952ofmenH120is to the diligent.
28In thewayH1870ofrighteousnessצְדָקָ֥הtze.da.KahH6666islifeחַיִּ֑יםchai.YimH2416; and in thepathwayH1870thereof there isnoאַל־'al-H408deathמָֽוֶת׃Ma.vetH4194.
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