Revised Version 1895

Proverbs 16:25-29

25There is awayדֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870whichH3477seemethrightיָ֭שָׁרYa.shorH3477unto amanאִ֑ישׁ'IshH376, but theendוְ֝אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּve.'a.cha.ri.TahH319thereof are thewaysדַּרְכֵי־dar.khei-H1870ofdeathמָֽוֶת׃Ma.vetH4194.

26Theappetiteנֶ֣פֶשׁNe.feshH5315of the labouringmanH5315laboureth for him; for hismouthפִּֽיהוּ׃Pi.huH6310craveth it of him.

27Aworthlessבְּ֭לִיַּעַלBe.li.ya.'alH1100manאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376deviseth mischief: and in hislipsשְׂ֝פָת֗וֹse.fa.tavH8193there is as a scorchingfireכְּאֵ֣שׁke.'EshH784.

28A frowardmanאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376scattereth abroadstrifeמָד֑וֹןma.DonH4066: and a whisperer separatethchiefאַלּֽוּף׃'a.LufH441friendsמַפְרִ֥ידmaf.RidH6504.

29Amanאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376ofviolenceחָ֭מָסCha.mosH2555enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him in awayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870that isnotלֹא־lo'-H3808goodטֽוֹב׃TovH2896.

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