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Proverbs 23:22-28

22Hearken unto thyfatherלְ֭אָבִיךָLe.'a.vi.khaH1that begat thee, anddespiseתָּ֝ב֗וּזta.VuzH936notוְאַל־ve.'al-H408thymotherאִמֶּֽךָ׃'i.Me.khaH517whensheכִּֽי־ki-H3588isoldזָקְנָ֥הza.ke.NahH2204.

23Buyקְ֭נֵהKe.nehH7069thetruthאֱמֶ֣ת'e.MetH571, andsellתִּמְכֹּ֑רtim.KorH4376itnotוְאַל־ve.'al-H408; yea,wisdomחָכְמָ֖הchokh.mahH2451, andinstructionוּמוּסָ֣רu.mu.SarH4148, andunderstandingוּבִינָֽה׃u.vi.NahH998.

24Thefatherאֲבִ֣י'a.ViH1of therighteousצַדִּ֑יקtza.DikH6662shallgreatlyH1523rejoiceיִשְׂמַחve.yis.mach-H8055: and he that begetteth awiseחָ֝כָ֗םcha.KhamH2450childוְיוֹלֵ֥דve.yo.ledH3205shall havejoyבּֽוֹ׃boH8055of him.

25LetH1523thyfatherאָבִ֥יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1and thymotherוְאִמֶּ֑ךָve.'i.Me.khaH517begladH8055, andletH1523herיֽוֹלַדְתֶּֽךָ׃Yo.lad.Te.khaH3205that bare theerejoiceיִֽשְׂמַח־yis.mach-H8055.

26Mysonבְנִ֣יve.NiH1121,giveתְּנָֽה־te.nah-H5414meH5414thineheartלִבְּךָ֣li.be.KhaH3820, andletH5414thineeyesוְ֝עֵינֶ֗יךָve.'ei.Nei.khaH5869delightH7521in mywaysדְּרָכַ֥יde.ra.KhaiH1870.

27For a whore is adeepעֲמֻקָּ֣ה'a.mu.KahH6013ditch; and a strangewomanנָכְרִיָּֽה׃na.khe.ri.YahH5237is a narrowpitשׁוּחָ֣הshu.ChahH7745.

28Yea,sheהִ֭יאhi'H1931lieth inwaitתֶּֽאֱרֹ֑בte.'e.RoH693as arobberכְּחֶ֣תֶףke.Che.tefH2863, and increaseth thetreacherousוּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗יםu.Vog.DimH898amongmenבְּאָדָ֥םbe.'a.DamH120.

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