Revised Version 1895

Proverbs 4:18-26

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.

20Mysonבְּ֭נִיBe.niH1121, attend to mywordsלִדְבָרַ֣יlid.va.RaiH1697;inclineהַט־hat-H5186thineearאָזְנֶֽךָ׃'a.ze.Ne.khaH241unto mysayingsלַ֝אֲמָרַ֗יla.'a.ma.RaiH561.

21LetH408themnotH408departיַלִּ֥יזוּya.Li.zuH3868from thineeyesמֵעֵינֶ֑יךָme.'ei.Nei.khaH5869;keepשָׁ֝מְרֵ֗םSham.RemH8104them in themidstבְּת֣וֹךְbe.TokhH8432of thineheartלְבָבֶֽךָ׃le.va.Ve.khaH3824.

22For they arelifeחַיִּ֣יםchai.YimH2416untothoseH3605thatfindלְמֹצְאֵיהֶ֑םle.mo.tze.'ei.HemH4672them, andhealthמַרְפֵּֽא׃mar.Pe'H4832toallH3605theirfleshבְּשָׂר֥וֹbe.sa.RoH1320.

23Keepנְצֹ֣רne.TzorH5341thyheartלִבֶּ֑ךָli.Be.khaH3820withallמִֽכָּל־mi.kolH3605diligenceמִ֭שְׁמָרMish.morH4929; foroutמִ֝מֶּ֗נּוּmi.Me.nuH4480of it are the issues oflifeחַיִּֽים׃chai.YimH2416.

24PutH5493awayH5493from thee a frowardmouthפֶּ֑הPehH6310, andperverseעִקְּשׁ֣וּת'i.ke.ShutH6143lipsשְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִםSe.fa.Ta.yimH8193putH5493farהַרְחֵ֥קhar.ChekH7368from thee.

25LetH6079thineeyesעֵ֭ינֶיךָ'Ei.nei.khaH5869lookיַבִּ֑יטוּya.Bi.tuH5027rightH3474on, andletH6079thineeyelidsוְ֝עַפְעַפֶּ֗יךָve.'af.'a.Pei.khaH6079lookH5027straightיַיְשִׁ֥רוּyay.Shi.ruH3474beforeנֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃neg.De.khaH5048thee.

26MakeH3559levelפַּ֭לֵּסPa.lesH6424thepathH1870of thyfeetרַגְלֶ֑ךָrag.Le.khaH7272, and letallוְֽכָל־ve.kholH3605thywaysדְּרָכֶ֥יךָde.ra.Khei.khaH1870beestablishedH3559.

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