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לְֽתַאֲוָה יְבַקֵּשׁ נִפְרָד בְּכׇל־תּוּשִׁיָּה יִתְגַּלָּֽע׃ | 1 |
He that hath a mind to depart from a friend seeketh occasions: he shall ever be subject to reproach.
לֹא־יַחְפֹּץ כְּסִיל בִּתְבוּנָה כִּי אִֽם־בְּהִתְגַּלּוֹת לִבּֽוֹ׃ | 2 |
A fool receiveth not the words of prudence: unless thou say those things which are in his heart.
בְּֽבוֹא־רָשָׁע בָּא גַם־בּוּז וְֽעִם־קָלוֹן חֶרְפָּֽה׃ | 3 |
The wicked man when he is come into the depth of sins, contemneth: but ignominy and reproach follow him.
מַיִם עֲמֻקִּים דִּבְרֵי פִי־אִישׁ נַחַל נֹבֵעַ מְקוֹר חׇכְמָֽה׃ | 4 |
Words from the mouth of a men are as deep water: and the fountain of wisdom as an overflowing stream.
שְׂאֵת פְּנֵֽי־רָשָׁע לֹא־טוֹב לְהַטּוֹת צַדִּיק בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ | 5 |
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from the truth of judgment.
שִׂפְתֵי כְסִיל יָבֹאוּ בְרִיב וּפִיו לְֽמַהֲלֻמוֹת יִקְרָֽא׃ | 6 |
The lips of a fool intermeddle with strife: and his mouth provoketh quarrels.
פִּֽי־כְסִיל מְחִתָּה־לוֹ וּשְׂפָתָיו מוֹקֵשׁ נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ | 7 |
The mouth of a fool is his destruction: and his lips are the ruin of his soul.
דִּבְרֵי נִרְגָּן כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִים וְהֵם יָרְדוּ חַדְרֵי־בָֽטֶן׃ | 8 |
The words of the double tongued are as if they were harmless: and they reach even to the inner parts of the bowels. Fear casteth down the slothful: and the souls of the effeminate shall be hungry.
גַּם מִתְרַפֶּה בִמְלַאכְתּוֹ אָח הוּא לְבַעַל מַשְׁחִֽית׃ | 9 |
He that is loose and slack in his work, is the brother of him that wasteth his own works.
מִגְדַּל־עֹז שֵׁם יְהֹוָה בּֽוֹ־יָרוּץ צַדִּיק וְנִשְׂגָּֽב׃ | 10 |
The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the just runneth to it, and shall be exalted.
הוֹן עָשִׁיר קִרְיַת עֻזּוֹ וּכְחוֹמָה נִשְׂגָּבָה בְּמַשְׂכִּתֽוֹ׃ | 11 |
The substance of the rich man is the city of his strength, and as a strong wall compassing him about.
לִפְנֵי־שֶׁבֶר יִגְבַּהּ לֶב־אִישׁ וְלִפְנֵי כָבוֹד עֲנָוָֽה׃ | 12 |
Before destruction, the heart of a man is exalted: and before he be glorified, it is humbled.
מֵשִׁיב דָּבָר בְּטֶרֶם יִשְׁמָע אִוֶּלֶת הִיא־לוֹ וּכְלִמָּֽה׃ | 13 |
He that answereth before he heareth sheweth himself to be a fool, and worthy of confusion.
רֽוּחַ־אִישׁ יְכַלְכֵּל מַחֲלֵהוּ וְרוּחַ נְכֵאָה מִי יִשָּׂאֶֽנָּה׃ | 14 |
The spirit of a man upholdeth his infirmity: but a spirit that is easily angered, who can bear?
לֵב נָבוֹן יִקְנֶה־דָּעַת וְאֹזֶן חֲכָמִים תְּבַקֶּשׁ־דָּֽעַת׃ | 15 |
A wise heart shall acquire knowledge: and the ear of the wise seeketh instruction.
מַתָּן אָדָם יַרְחִיב לוֹ וְלִפְנֵי גְדֹלִים יַנְחֶֽנּוּ׃ | 16 |
A man’s gift enlargeth his may, and maketh him room before princes.
צַדִּיק הָרִאשׁוֹן בְּרִיבוֹ (יבא) [וּבָֽא־]רֵעֵהוּ וַחֲקָרֽוֹ׃ | 17 |
The just is first accuser of himself: his friend cometh, and shall search him.
מִדְיָנִים יַשְׁבִּית הַגּוֹרָל וּבֵין עֲצוּמִים יַפְרִֽיד׃ | 18 |
The lot suppresseth contentions, and determineth even between the mighty.
אָח נִפְשָׁע מִקִּרְיַת־עֹז (ומדונים) [וּמִדְיָנִים] כִּבְרִיחַ אַרְמֽוֹן׃ | 19 |
A brother that is helped by his brother, is like a strong city: and judgments are like the bars of cities.
מִפְּרִי פִי־אִישׁ תִּשְׂבַּע בִּטְנוֹ תְּבוּאַת שְׂפָתָיו יִשְׂבָּֽע׃ | 20 |
Of the fruit of a man’s mouth shall his belly be satisfied: and the offspring of his lips shall fill him.
מָוֶת וְחַיִּים בְּיַד־לָשׁוֹן וְאֹהֲבֶיהָ יֹאכַל פִּרְיָֽהּ׃ | 21 |
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: they that love it, shall eat the fruits thereof.
מָצָא אִשָּׁה מָצָא טוֹב וַיָּפֶק רָצוֹן מֵיְהֹוָֽה׃ | 22 |
He that hath found a good wife, hath found a good thing, and shall receive a pleasure from the Lord. He that driveth away a good wife, driveth away a good thing: but he that keepeth an adulteress, is foolish and wicked.
תַּחֲנוּנִים יְדַבֶּר־רָשׁ וְעָשִׁיר יַעֲנֶה עַזּֽוֹת׃ | 23 |
The poor will speak with supplications, and the rich will speak roughly.
אִישׁ רֵעִים לְהִתְרֹעֵעַ וְיֵשׁ אֹהֵב דָּבֵק מֵאָֽח׃ | 24 |
A man amiable in society, shall be more friendly than a brother.