Revised Version 1895

Proverbs 25:21-28

21Ifאִם־'im-H518thineenemyשֹׂ֭נַאֲךָSo.na.'a.khaH8130behungryרָעֵ֣בra.'EvH7457,giveהַשְׁקֵ֥הוּhash.Ke.huH8248himbreadלָ֑חֶםLa.chemH3899toeatהַאֲכִלֵ֣הוּha.'a.khi.Le.huH398; andifוְאִם־ve.'im-H518he bethirstyצָ֝מֵ֗אtza.Me'H6771,giveH8248himwaterמָֽיִם׃Ma.yimH4325todrinkH8248:

22For thou shaltheapחֹתֶ֣הcho.TehH2846coalsגֶֽחָלִ֗יםge.cha.LimH1513of fireuponעַל־'al-H5921hisheadרֹאשׁ֑וֹro.ShoH7218, and theLORDוַֽ֝יהוָ֗הva.Yah.wehH3068shallrewardיְשַׁלֶּם־ye.sha.lem-H7999thee.

23Thenorthצָ֭פוֹןTza.fonH6828windר֣וּחַRu.achH7307bringeth forthrainגָּ֑שֶׁםGa.shemH1653:soH6440doth a backbitingtongueלְשׁ֣וֹןle.ShonH3956anangryנִ֝זְעָמִ֗יםniz.'a.MimH2194countenanceH6440.

24It isbetterט֗וֹבTovH2896todwellשֶׁ֥בֶתShe.vetH3427in the comer of thehousetopגָּ֑גGagH1406,thanH2896with acontentiousH4066womanמֵאֵ֥שֶׁתme.'E.shetH802in a widehouseוּבֵ֥יתu.VeitH1004.

25Ascoldקָ֭רִיםKa.rimH7119watersמַ֣יִםMa.yimH4325to a thirstysoulנֶ֣פֶשׁNe.feshH5315,soעַל־'al-H5921isgoodט֝וֹבָ֗הto.VahH2896newsוּשְׁמוּעָ֥הu.she.mu.'AhH8052from afarמֶרְחָֽק׃mer.ChakH4801countryמֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzH776.

26As a troubledfountainוּמָק֣וֹרu.ma.KorH4726, and acorruptedמָשְׁחָ֑תma.she.ChatH7843springמַעְיָ֣ןma'.YanH4599,soH6440is arighteousצַ֝דִּ֗יקtza.DikH6662manH7563that givethwayH6440beforeH6440thewickedרָשָֽׁע׃ra.Sha'H7563.

27It isnotH3808goodט֑וֹבTovH2896toeatאָ֘כֹ֤ל'a.KholH398muchהַרְבּ֣וֹתhar.BotH7235honeyדְּבַ֣שׁde.VashH1706:soH3808for men tosearchH2714outH2714their owngloryכְּבֹדָ֣םke.vo.DamH3519isnotH3808gloryכָּבֽוֹד׃ka.VodH3519.

28Hewhoseאֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH834spiritלְרוּחֽוֹ׃le.ru.ChoH7307iswithoutאֵ֣ין'einH369restraint is like acityעִ֣יר'irH5892that isbrokenH6555downH6555and hathnoאֵ֖ין'einH369wallחוֹמָ֑הcho.MahH2346.

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