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א בְּנִי, אִם-תִּקַּח אֲמָרָי; וּמִצְוֺתַי, תִּצְפֹּן אִתָּךְ.
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1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and lay up my commandments with thee;
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ב לְהַקְשִׁיב לַחָכְמָה אָזְנֶךָ; תַּטֶּה לִבְּךָ, לַתְּבוּנָה.
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2 So that thou make thine ear attend unto wisdom, and thy heart incline to discernment;
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ג כִּי אִם לַבִּינָה תִקְרָא; לַתְּבוּנָה, תִּתֵּן קוֹלֶךָ.
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3 Yea, if thou call for understanding, and lift up thy voice for discernment;
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ד אִם-תְּבַקְשֶׁנָּה כַכָּסֶף; וְכַמַּטְמוֹנִים תַּחְפְּשֶׂנָּה.
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4 If thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;
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ה אָז--תָּבִין, יִרְאַת יְהוָה; וְדַעַת אֱלֹהִים תִּמְצָא.
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5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
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ו כִּי-יְהוָה, יִתֵּן חָכְמָה; מִפִּיו, דַּעַת וּתְבוּנָה.
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6 For the LORD giveth wisdom, out of His mouth cometh knowledge and discernment;
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ז וצפן יִצְפֹּן לַיְשָׁרִים, תּוּשִׁיָּה; מָגֵן, לְהֹלְכֵי תֹם.
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7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright, He is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
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ח לִנְצֹר, אָרְחוֹת מִשְׁפָּט; וְדֶרֶךְ חֲסִידָו יִשְׁמֹר.
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8 That He may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of His godly ones.
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ט אָז--תָּבִין, צֶדֶק וּמִשְׁפָּט; וּמֵישָׁרִים, כָּל-מַעְגַּל-טוֹב.
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9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness and justice, and equity, yea, every good path.
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י כִּי-תָבוֹא חָכְמָה בְלִבֶּךָ; וְדַעַת, לְנַפְשְׁךָ יִנְעָם.
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10 For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;
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יא מְזִמָּה, תִּשְׁמֹר עָלֶיךָ; תְּבוּנָה תִנְצְרֶכָּה.
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11 Discretion shall watch over thee, discernment shall guard thee;
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יב לְהַצִּילְךָ, מִדֶּרֶךְ רָע; מֵאִישׁ, מְדַבֵּר תַּהְפֻּכוֹת.
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12 To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;
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יג הַעֹזְבִים, אָרְחוֹת יֹשֶׁר-- לָלֶכֶת, בְּדַרְכֵי-חֹשֶׁךְ.
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13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
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יד הַשְּׂמֵחִים, לַעֲשׂוֹת רָע; יָגִילוּ, בְּתַהְפֻּכוֹת רָע.
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14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of evil;
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טו אֲשֶׁר אָרְחֹתֵיהֶם עִקְּשִׁים; וּנְלוֹזִים, בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָם.
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15 Who are crooked in their ways, and perverse in their paths;
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טז לְהַצִּילְךָ, מֵאִשָּׁה זָרָה; מִנָּכְרִיָּה, אֲמָרֶיהָ הֶחֱלִיקָה.
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16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words;
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יז הַעֹזֶבֶת, אַלּוּף נְעוּרֶיהָ; וְאֶת-בְּרִית אֱלֹהֶיהָ שָׁכֵחָה.
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17 That forsaketh the lord of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
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יח כִּי שָׁחָה אֶל-מָוֶת בֵּיתָהּ; וְאֶל-רְפָאִים, מַעְגְּלֹתֶיהָ.
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18 For her house sinketh down unto death, and her paths unto the shades;
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יט כָּל-בָּאֶיהָ, לֹא יְשׁוּבוּן; וְלֹא-יַשִּׂיגוּ, אָרְחוֹת חַיִּים.
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19 None that go unto her return, neither do they attain unto the paths of life;
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כ לְמַעַן--תֵּלֵךְ, בְּדֶרֶךְ טוֹבִים; וְאָרְחוֹת צַדִּיקִים תִּשְׁמֹר.
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20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
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כא כִּי-יְשָׁרִים יִשְׁכְּנוּ-אָרֶץ; וּתְמִימִים, יִוָּתְרוּ בָהּ.
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21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the whole-hearted shall remain in it.
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כב וּרְשָׁעִים, מֵאֶרֶץ יִכָּרֵתוּ; וּבוֹגְדִים, יִסְּחוּ מִמֶּנָּה.
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22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the faithless shall be plucked up out of it. {P}
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