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Proverbs 12:24-28

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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