Revised Version 1895

Proverbs 12:16-20

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.

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