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Proverbs 3:1-18

1Mysonבְּ֭נִיBe.niH1121,forgetתִּשְׁכָּ֑חtish.KachH7911not mylawתּוֹרָתִ֣יto.ra.TiH8451; but let thyheartלִבֶּֽךָ׃li.Be.khaH3820keepיִצֹּ֥רyi.TzorH5341mycommandmentsוּ֝מִצְוֹתַ֗יu.mitz.vo.TaiH4687:

2Forlengthאֹ֣רֶךְ'O.rekhH753ofdaysיָ֭מִיםYa.mimH3117, andlongוּשְׁנ֣וֹתu.she.NotH8141lifeחַיִּ֑יםchai.YimH2416, andpeaceוְ֝שָׁל֗וֹםve.sha.LomH7965, shall theyaddיוֹסִ֥יפוּyo.Si.fuH3254to thee.

3Let notmercyחֶ֥סֶדChe.sedH2617andtruthוֶאֱמֶ֗תve.'e.MetH571forsakeיַעַ֫זְבֻ֥ךָya.'Az.Vu.khaH5800thee:bindקָשְׁרֵ֥םka.she.RemH7194them about thyneckגַּרְגְּרוֹתֶ֑יךָgar.ge.ro.Tei.khaH1621;writeכָּ֝תְבֵ֗םka.te.VemH3789them upon thetableל֥וּחַLu.achH3871of thyheartלִבֶּֽךָ׃li.Be.khaH3820:

4So shalt thoufindוּמְצָא־u.me.tza'-H4672favourחֵ֖ןchenH2580andgoodט֑וֹבTovH2896understandingוְשֵֽׂכֶל־ve.se.khel-H7922in thesightבְּעֵינֵ֖יbe.'ei.NeiH5869ofGodאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430andmanוְאָדָֽם׃ פve.'a.DamH120.

5Trustבְּטַ֣חbe.TachH982in theLORDיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068with all thyheartלִבֶּ֑ךָli.Be.khaH3820; andleanתִּשָּׁעֵֽן׃ti.sha.'EnH8172not to thy ownunderstandingבִּֽ֝ינָתְךָ֗bi.na.te.khaH998.

6In all thywaysדְּרָכֶ֥יךָde.ra.Khei.khaH1870acknowledgeדָעֵ֑הוּda.'E.huH3045him, and he shalldirectיְיַשֵּׁ֥רye.ya.SherH3474thypathsאֹֽרְחֹתֶֽיךָ׃'O.re.cho.Tei.khaH734.

7Be notwiseחָכָ֣םcha.KhamH2450in thy owneyesבְּעֵינֶ֑יךָbe.'ei.Nei.khaH5869:fearיְרָ֥אye.Ra'H3372theLORDיְ֝הוָ֗הYah.wehH3068, anddepartוְס֣וּרve.SurH5493fromevilמֵרָֽע׃me.Ra'H7451.

8It shall behealthרִ֭פְאוּתRif.'utH7500to thynavelלְשָׁרֶּ֑ךָle.sha.Re.khaH8270, andmarrowוְ֝שִׁקּ֗וּיve.shi.KuiH8250to thybonesלְעַצְמוֹתֶֽיךָ׃le.'atz.mo.Tei.khaH6106.

9Honourכַּבֵּ֣דka.BedH3513theLORDיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068with thysubstanceמֵהוֹנֶ֑ךָme.ho.Ne.khaH1952, and with thefirstfruitsוּ֝מֵרֵאשִׁ֗יתu.me.re.ShitH7225of all thyincreaseתְּבוּאָתֶֽךָ׃te.vu.'a.Te.khaH8393:

10So shall thybarnsאֲסָמֶ֣יךָ'a.sa.Mei.khaH618befilledוְיִמָּלְא֣וּve.yi.mal.'UH4390withplentyשָׂבָ֑עsa.Va'H7647, and thypressesיְקָבֶ֥יךָye.ka.Vei.chaH3342shall burstoutיִפְרֹֽצוּ׃ פyif.Ro.tzuH6555with newwineוְ֝תִיר֗וֹשׁve.ti.Ro.oshH8492.

11Mysonבְּנִ֣יbe.NiH1121,despiseתִּמְאָ֑סtim.'AsH3988not thechasteningמוּסַ֣רmu.SarH4148of theLORDיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068; neither bewearyתָּ֝קֹ֗ץta.KotzH6973of hiscorrectionבְּתוֹכַחְתּֽוֹ׃be.to.khach.ToH8433:

12For whom theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068lovethיֶאֱהַ֣בye.'e.HavH157hecorrectethיוֹכִ֑יחַyo.Khi.achH3198; even as afatherוּ֝כְאָ֗בu.khe.'AvH1thesonבֵּ֥ןbenH1121in whom hedelightethיִרְצֶֽה׃yir.TzehH7521.

13Happyאַשְׁרֵ֣י'ash.ReiH835is themanאָ֭דָם'A.domH120thatfindethמָצָ֣אma.Tza'H4672wisdomחָכְמָ֑הchokh.mahH2451, and themanוְ֝אָדָ֗םve.'a.DamH120thatgettethיָפִ֥יקya.FikH6329understandingתְּבוּנָֽה׃te.vu.NahH8394.

14For themerchandiseH5504of it isbetterט֣וֹבTovH2896than themerchandiseH5505ofsilverכָּ֑סֶףKa.sefH3701, and thegainתְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃te.vu.'a.TahH8393of it than finegoldוּ֝מֵחָר֗וּץu.me.cha.RutzH2742.

15She is morepreciousיְקָ֣רָהye.Ka.rahH3368thanrubiesמִפְּנִינִ֑יםmi.pe.ni.yimH6443: and all the things thou canstdesireחֲ֝פָצֶ֗יךָcha.fa.Tzei.khaH2656are not to becomparedיִֽשְׁווּ־yish.vu-H7737to her.

16Lengthאֹ֣רֶךְ'O.rekhH753ofdaysיָ֭מִיםYa.mimH3117is in her righthandבִּֽימִינָ֑הּbi.mi.NahH3225; and in her lefthandבִּ֝שְׂמֹאולָ֗הּbis.mo.LahH8040richesעֹ֣שֶׁר'O.sherH6239andhonourוְכָבֽוֹד׃ve.kha.VodH3519.

17Herwaysדְּרָכֶ֥יהָde.ra.Khei.haH1870arewaysדַרְכֵי־dar.khei-H1870ofpleasantnessנֹ֑עַםNo.'amH5278, and all herpathsנְתִ֖יבוֹתֶ֣יהָne.Ti.vo.Tei.haH5410arepeaceשָׁלֽוֹם׃sha.LomH7965.

18She is atreeעֵץ־'etz-H6086oflifeחַיִּ֣יםchai.YimH2416to them that layholdלַמַּחֲזִיקִ֣יםla.ma.cha.zi.KimH2388upon her: andhappyמְאֻשָּֽׁר׃ פme.'u.SharH833is every one thatretainethוְֽתֹמְכֶ֥יהָve.to.me.Khei.haH8551her.

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