Revised Version 1895

Proverbs 20:17-21

17Breadלֶ֣חֶםLe.chemH3899offalsehoodשָׁ֑קֶרSha.kerH8267issweetעָרֵ֣ב'a.RevH6156to amanלָ֭אִישׁLa.'ishH376; butafterwardsוְ֝אַחַ֗רve.'a.CharH310hismouthפִ֥יהוּFi.huH6310shall befilledיִמָּֽלֵא־yi.ma.le'-H4390withgravelחָצָֽץ׃cha.TzatzH2687.

18EverypurposeH6098isestablishedתִכּ֑וֹןti.KonH3559bycounselבְּעֵצָ֣הbe.'e.TzahH6098: and bywiseוּ֝בְתַחְבֻּל֗וֹתu.ve.tach.bu.LotH8458guidanceH8458makeעֲשֵׂ֣ה'a.SehH6213thouwarמִלְחָמָֽה׃mil.cha.MahH4421,

19He that goethaboutהוֹלֵ֣ךְho.LekhH1980as atalebearerרָכִ֑ילra.KhilH7400revealethsecretsסּ֭וֹדSodH5475: therefore meddlenotלֹ֣אlo'H3808with him that openeth wide hislipsשְׂ֝פָתָ֗יוSe.fa.TavH8193.

20Whoso curseth hisfatherאָבִ֣יו'a.VivH1or hismotherוְאִמּ֑וֹve.'i.MoH517, hislampנֵ֝ר֗וֹne.RoH5216shall beputH1846outH1846in the blackestdarknessחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃Cho.shekhH2822.

21Aninheritanceנַ֭חֲלָהNa.cha.lahH5159may be gotten hastily at thebeginningבָּרִאשֹׁנָ֑הba.ri.sho.NahH7223; but theendוְ֝אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּve.'a.cha.ri.TahH319thereof shallnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808beblessedתְבֹרָֽךְ׃te.vo.RakhH1288.

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