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Proverbs 17:16-21

16Why is there apriceמְחִ֣ירme.ChirH4242in thehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027of afoolכְּסִ֑ילke.SilH3684togetלִקְנ֖וֹתlik.NotH7069wisdomחָכְמָ֣הchokh.mahH2451, seeing he hath noheartוְלֶב־ve.lev-H3820to it ?

17Afriendהָרֵ֑עַha.Re.a'H7453lovethאֹהֵ֣ב'o.HevH157at alltimesעֵ֭ת'etH6256, and abrotherוְאָ֥חve.'AchH251isbornיִוָּלֵֽד׃yi.va.LedH3205foradversityלְ֝צָרָ֗הle.tza.RahH6869.

18Amanאָדָ֣ם'a.DamH120voidחֲסַר־cha.sar-H2638ofunderstandingלֵ֭בlevH3820strikethתּוֹקֵ֣עַto.Ke.a'H8628handsכָּ֑ףKafH3709, andbecomethעֹרֵ֥ב'o.RevH6148suretyעֲ֝רֻבָּ֗ה'a.ru.BahH6161in thepresenceלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440of hisfriendרֵעֵֽהוּ׃re.'E.huH7453.

19Helovethאֹ֣הֵֽב'O.hevH157transgressionפֶּ֭שַׁעPe.sha'H6588thatlovethאֹהֵ֣ב'o.HevH157strifeמַצָּ֑הma.TzahH4683: and he thatexaltethמַגְבִּ֥יהַּmag.Bi.ahH1361hisgateפִּ֝תְח֗וֹpit.ChoH6607seekethמְבַקֶּשׁ־me.va.kesh-H1245destructionשָֽׁבֶר׃Sha.verH7667.

20He that hath aperverseעִקֶּשׁ־'i.kesh-H6141heartלֵ֭בlevH3820findethיִמְצָא־yim.tza'-H4672nogoodט֑וֹבTovH2896: and he that hath aperverseוְנֶהְפָּ֥ךְve.neh.PakhH2015tongueבִּ֝לְשׁוֹנ֗וֹbil.sho.NoH3956fallethיִפּ֥וֹלyi.PolH5307intomischiefבְּרָעָֽה׃be.ra.'AhH7451.

21He thatbegettethיֹלֵ֣דyo.LedH3205afoolכְּ֭סִילKe.silH3684doeth it to hissorrowלְת֣וּגָהle.Tu.gahH8424: and thefatherאֲבִ֣י'a.ViH1of afoolנָבָֽל׃na.ValH5036hath nojoyיִ֝שְׂמַ֗חyis.MachH8055.

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