Revised Version 1895

Proverbs 14:23-31

23Inallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605labour there isprofitמוֹתָ֑רmo.TarH4195: but thetalkוּדְבַר־u.de.va.rS-H1697of thelipsשְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִםSe.fa.Ta.yimH8193tendethonlyאַךְ־'akh-H389to penury.

24Thecrownעֲטֶ֣רֶת'a.Te.retH5850of thewiseחֲכָמִ֣יםcha.kha.MimH2450is theirrichesעָשְׁרָ֑ם'a.she.RamH6239: but thefollyאִוֶּ֖לֶת'i.Ve.letH200offoolsכְּסִילִ֣יםke.si.LimH3684is onlyfollyאִוֶּֽלֶת׃'i.Ve.letH200.

25Atrueאֱמֶ֑ת'e.MetH571witnessעֵ֣ד'edH5707deliverethsoulsנְ֭פָשׁוֹתNe.fa.shotH5315: but he that utterethliesכְּזָבִ֣יםke.za.VimH3577causethdeceitמִרְמָֽה׃mir.MahH4820.

26In thefearבְּיִרְאַ֣תbe.yir.'AtH3374of theLORDיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068isstrongעֹ֑ז'OzH5797confidenceמִבְטַח־miv.tach-H4009: and hischildrenוּ֝לְבָנָ֗יוu.le.va.NavH1121shall have aplaceיִהְיֶ֥הyih.YehH1961ofrefugeמַחְסֶֽה׃mach.SehH4268.

27Thefearיִרְאַ֣תyir.'AtH3374of theLORDיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068is afountainמְק֣וֹרme.KorH4726oflifeחַיִּ֑יםchai.YimH2416, todepartלָ֝ס֗וּרla.SurH5493from thesnaresמִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁיmi.Mo.ke.sheiH4170ofdeathמָֽוֶת׃Ma.vetH4194.

28In themultitudeבְּרָב־be.rov-H7230ofpeopleעָ֥ם'amH5971is theking’sמֶ֑לֶךְMe.lekhH4428gloryהַדְרַת־had.rat-H1927: but in the want ofpeopleH5971is the destruction of the prince.

29He that isslowאֶ֣רֶךְ'E.rekhH750toangerאַ֭פַּיִם'A.pa.yimH639is ofgreatרַב־rav-H7227understandingתְּבוּנָ֑הte.vu.NahH8394: but he that is hasty ofspiritר֝֗וּחַRu.achH7307exaltethfollyאִוֶּֽלֶת׃'i.Ve.letH200.

30A soundheartלֵ֣בlevH3820is thelifeחַיֵּ֣יchai.YeiH2416of thefleshבְ֭שָׂרִיםVe.sa.rimH1320: butenvyקִנְאָֽה׃kin.'AhH7068is therottennessוּרְקַ֖בu.re.KavH7538of thebonesעֲצָמ֣וֹתa.tza.MotH6106.

31He that oppresseth thepoorH34reproacheth his Maker: but he that hathmercyחֹנֵ֥ןcho.NenH2603on theneedyאֶבְיֽוֹן׃'ev.YonH34honoureth him.

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