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Proverbs 4:10-19

10Hearשְׁמַ֣עshe.Ma'H8085, O mysonבְּ֭נִיBe.niH1121, andreceiveוְקַ֣חve.KachH3947mysayingsאֲמָרָ֑י'a.ma.RaiH561; and theyearsשְׁנ֣וֹתshe.NotH8141of thylifeחַיִּֽים׃chai.YimH2416shall bemanyוְיִרְבּ֥וּve.yir.BuH7235.

11I havetaughtהֹרֵתִ֑יךָho.re.Ti.khaH3384thee in thewayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870ofwisdomחָ֭כְמָהchokh.mahH2451; I haveledהִ֝דְרַכְתִּ֗יךָhid.rakh.Ti.khaH1869thee inpathsבְּמַעְגְּלֵי־be.ma'.ge.lei-H4570ofuprightnessיֹֽשֶׁר׃Yo.sherH3476.

12When thou goest, thystepsצַעֲדֶ֑ךָtza.'a.De.khaH6806shallnotלֹא־lo'-H3808be straitened; andifוְאִם־ve.'im-H518thou runnest, thou shaltnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808stumbleתִכָּשֵֽׁל׃ti.ka.ShelH3782.

13Takeהַחֲזֵ֣קha.cha.ZekH2388fastH2388holdH2388ofinstructionבַּמּוּסָ֣רba.mu.SarH4148;letH7503herH3588notאַל־'al-H408goתֶּ֑רֶףTe.refH7503:keepנִ֝צְּרֶ֗הָni.tze.Re.haH5341herH3588; forsheהִ֥יאhi'H1931is thylifeחַיֶּֽיךָ׃chai.Yei.khaH2416.

14EnterH935notאַל־'al-H408intoH935thepathבְּאֹ֣רַחbe.'O.rachH734of thewickedרְ֭שָׁעִיםRe.sha.'imH7563, andwalkH1870notוְאַל־ve.'al-H408in thewayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870ofevilרָעִֽים׃ra.'ImH7451menH7563.

15Avoidפְּרָעֵ֥הוּpe.ra.'E.huH6544it,passתַּעֲבָר־ta.'a.vor-H5674notאַל־'al-H408by it;turnשְׂטֵ֖הse.TehH7847from it, andpassוַעֲבֽוֹר׃va.'a.VorH5674on.

16For theysleepשְׁ֝נָתָ֗םShe.na.TamH8142notH3808,exceptאִם־'im-H518they have done mischief; and theirsleepH8142istakenH1497awayוְֽנִגְזְלָ֥הve.nig.ze.LahH1497,unlessאִם־'im-H518they cause some tofallיַכְשִֽׁילוּ׃yikh.sho.luH3782.

17For theyeatלָ֭חֲמוּLa.cha.muH3898thebreadלֶ֣חֶםLe.chemH3899ofwickednessרֶ֑שַׁעRe.sha'H7562, anddrinkיִשְׁתּֽוּ׃yish.TuH8354thewineוְיֵ֖יןve.YeinH3196ofviolenceחֲמָסִ֣יםcha.ma.SimH2555.

18But thepathוְאֹ֣רַחve.'O.rachH734of therighteousצַ֭דִּיקִיםTza.di.kimH6662is as theshiningH216lightכְּא֣וֹרke.'orH216, that shineth more and more unto the perfectdayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117.

19Thewayדֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of thewickedרְ֭שָׁעִיםRe.sha.'imH7563is asdarknessכָּֽאֲפֵלָ֑הka.'a.fe.LahH653: theyknowיָ֝דְע֗וּya.de.'UH3045notלֹ֥אlo'H3808atwhatבַּמֶּ֥הba.MehH4100theystumbleיִכָּשֵֽׁלוּ׃ פyi.ka.She.luH3782.

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