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Proverbs 4:14-19

14Enterתָּבֹ֑אta.Vo'H935not into thepathבְּאֹ֣רַחbe.'O.rachH734of thewickedרְ֭שָׁעִיםRe.sha.'imH7563, andgoתְּ֝אַשֵּׁ֗רte.'a.SherH833not in thewayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870ofevilרָעִֽים׃ra.'ImH7451men .

15Avoidפְּרָעֵ֥הוּpe.ra.'E.huH6544it,passתַּעֲבָר־ta.'a.vor-H5674not by it,turnשְׂטֵ֖הse.TehH7847from it, and passawayוַעֲבֽוֹר׃va.'a.VorH5674.

16For theysleepיִֽ֭שְׁנוּYish.nuH3462not, except they have donemischiefיָרֵ֑עוּya.Re.'uH7489; and theirsleepשְׁ֝נָתָ֗םShe.na.TamH8142is takenawayוְֽנִגְזְלָ֥הve.nig.ze.LahH1497, unless they cause some tofallיַכְשִֽׁילוּ׃yikh.sho.luH3782.

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

18But thepathוְאֹ֣רַחve.'O.rachH734of thejustצַ֭דִּיקִיםTza.di.kimH6662is as theshiningנֹ֑גַהּNo.gahH5051lightכְּא֣וֹרke.'orH216, thatshinethוָ֝א֗וֹרva.'orH215moreהוֹלֵ֥ךְho.LekhH1980and more to theperfectנְכ֥וֹןne.KhonH3559dayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117.

19Thewayדֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekhH1870of thewickedרְ֭שָׁעִיםRe.sha.'imH7563is asdarknessכָּֽאֲפֵלָ֑הka.'a.fe.LahH653: theyknowיָ֝דְע֗וּya.de.'UH3045not at what theystumbleיִכָּשֵֽׁלוּ׃ פyi.ka.She.luH3782.

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