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1. When you sit down to eat with a ruler, look carefully at what is before you,
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1. When H3588 thou sittest H3427 to eat H3898 with H854 a ruler H4910 , consider diligently H995 H995 H853 what H834 is before H6440 thee:
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2. and put a knife to your throat if you are an owner of an appetite.
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2. And put H7760 a knife H7915 to thy throat H3930 , if H518 thou H859 be a man H1167 given to appetite H5315 .
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3. Do not desire his delicacies, for it is the bread of lies.
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3. Be not H408 desirous H183 of his dainties H4303 : for they H1931 are deceitful H3577 meat H3899 .
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4. Do not labor to be rich, cease from your own understanding.
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4. Labor H3021 not H408 to be rich H6238 : cease H2308 from H4480 thine own wisdom H998 .
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5. Will your eyes fly on it? And it is not! For surely it makes wings for itself, it flies into the heavens like an eagle.
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5. Wilt thou set H5774 thine eyes H5869 upon that which is not H369 ? for H3588 riches certainly make H6213 H6213 themselves wings H3671 ; they fly away H5774 as an eagle H5404 toward heaven H8064 .
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6. Do not eat the bread of one having an evil eye, and do not desire his delicacies,
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6. Eat H3898 thou not H408 H853 the bread H3899 of him that hath an evil H7451 eye H5869 , neither H408 desire H183 thou his dainty meats H4303 :
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7. for as he reasons in his heart, so is he! He says to you, Eat and drink, but his heart is not with you.
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7. For H3588 as H3644 he thinketh H8176 in his heart H5315 , so H3651 is he H1931 : Eat H398 and drink H8354 , saith H559 he to thee ; but his heart H3820 is not H1077 with thee H5973 .
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8. You shall vomit the bit you have eaten and spoil your pleasant words.
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8. The morsel H6595 which thou hast eaten H398 shalt thou vomit up H6958 , and lose H7843 thy sweet H5273 words H1697 .
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9. Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the good sense of your words.
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9. Speak H1696 not H408 in the ears H241 of a fool H3684 : for H3588 he will despise H936 the wisdom H7922 of thy words H4405 .
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10. Do not move the old landmark, and do not enter into the fields of the fatherless,
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10. Remove H5253 not H408 the old H5769 landmark H1366 ; and enter H935 not H408 into the fields H7704 of the fatherless H3490 :
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11. for their Redeemer is mighty, He will contend for their cause with you.
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11. For H3588 their redeemer H1350 is mighty H2389 ; he H1931 shall plead H7378 H853 their cause H7379 with H854 thee.
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12. Bring your heart in for instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
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12. Apply H935 thine heart H3820 unto instruction H4148 , and thine ears H241 to the words H561 of knowledge H1847 .
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13. Do not withhold correction from a boy, for if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
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13. Withhold H4513 not H408 correction H4148 from the child H4480 H5288 : for H3588 if thou beatest H5221 him with the rod H7626 , he shall not H3808 die H4191 .
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14. You shall strike him with the rod, and you shall deliver him from Sheol.
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14. Thou H859 shalt beat H5221 him with the rod H7626 , and shalt deliver H5337 his soul H5315 from hell H4480 H7585 .
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15. My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
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15. My son H1121 , if H518 thine heart H3820 be wise H2449 , my heart H3820 shall rejoice H8055 , even H1571 mine H589 .
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16. And my reins shall rejoice when your lips speak right things.
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16. Yea , my reins H3629 shall rejoice H5937 , when thy lips H8193 speak H1696 right things H4339 .
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17. Do not let your heart envy sinners, but only be in the fear of Jehovah all the day.
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17. Let not H408 thine heart H3820 envy H7065 sinners H2400 : but H3588 be thou in the fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 all H3605 the day H3117 long.
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18. For surely there is a hereafter, and your hope shall not be cut off.
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18. For H3588 surely H518 there is H3426 an end H319 ; and thine expectation H8615 shall not H3808 be cut off H3772 .
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19. My son, hear, you, and be wise, and advance your heart in the way.
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19. Hear H8085 thou H859 , my son H1121 , and be wise H2449 , and guide H833 thine heart H3820 in the way H1870 .
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20. Be not among heavy drinkers of wine, with gluttons, flesh to themselves,
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20. Be H1961 not H408 among winebibbers H5433 H3196 ; among riotous eaters H2151 of flesh H1320 :
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21. for the drunkard and the glutton lose all, and sleepiness shall clothe one with rags.
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21. For H3588 the drunkard H5433 and the glutton H2151 shall come to poverty H3423 : and drowsiness H5124 shall clothe H3847 a man with rags H7168 .
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22. Listen to your father, this one fathered you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
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22. Hearken H8085 unto thy father H1 that H2088 begot H3205 thee , and despise H936 not H408 thy mother H517 when H3588 she is old H2204 .
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23. Buy the truth, and sell it not, also wisdom, and instruction and understanding.
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23. Buy H7069 the truth H571 , and sell H4376 it not H408 ; also wisdom H2451 , and instruction H4148 , and understanding H998 .
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24. The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise one shall even be glad in him.
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24. The father H1 of the righteous H6662 shall greatly rejoice H1523 H1523 : and he that begetteth H3205 a wise H2450 child shall have joy H8055 of him.
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25. Your father and your mother shall be glad, and she who bore you shall rejoice.
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25. Thy father H1 and thy mother H517 shall be glad H8055 , and she that bore H3205 thee shall rejoice H1523 .
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26. My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes watch my ways.
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26. My son H1121 , give H5414 me thine heart H3820 , and let thine eyes H5869 observe H5341 my ways H1870 .
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27. For a harlot is a deep pit, and a strange woman is a narrow well.
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27. For H3588 a whore H2181 is a deep H6013 ditch H7745 ; and a strange H5237 woman is a narrow H6862 pit H875 .
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28. Surely she lies in wait, as for prey, and she increases the treacherous among men.
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28. She H1931 also H637 lieth in wait H693 as for a prey H2863 , and increaseth H3254 the transgressors H898 among men H120 .
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29. Who has woe, who sorrow? Who has contentions, who has babbling? Who has wounds without cause? Who has dullness of eyes?
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29. Who H4310 hath woe H188 ? who H4310 hath sorrow H17 ? who H4310 hath contentions H4079 ? who H4310 hath babbling H7879 ? who H4310 hath wounds H6482 without cause H2600 ? who H4310 hath redness H2448 of eyes H5869 ?
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30. Those who stay long at the wine, those who go to seek mixed wine.
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30. They that tarry long H309 at H5921 the wine H3196 ; they that go H935 to seek H2713 mixed wine H4469 .
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31. Do not look at the wine when it is red, when it gives its color in the cup, when it goes down smoothly,
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31. Look H7200 not H408 thou upon the wine H3196 when H3588 it is red H119 , when H3588 it giveth H5414 his color H5869 in the cup H3563 , when it moveth itself H1980 aright H4339 .
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32. at its last it bites like a snake, and it stings like an adder.
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32. At the last H319 it biteth H5391 like a serpent H5175 , and stingeth H6567 like an adder H6848 .
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33. Your eyes shall look on strange women, and your heart shall speak perverse things;
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33. Thine eyes H5869 shall behold H7200 strange women H2114 , and thine heart H3820 shall utter H1696 perverse things H8419 .
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34. yes, you shall be as one who lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he who lies on the top of a mast,
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34. Yea , thou shalt be H1961 as he that lieth down H7901 in the midst H3820 of the sea H3220 , or as he that lieth H7901 upon the top H7218 of a mast H2260 .
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35. saying, They struck me! I was not sick! They beat me, yet I did not know. When I awaken I will add to it, I will still seek it.
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35. They have stricken H5221 me, shalt thou say, and I was not H1077 sick H2470 ; they have beaten H1986 me, and I felt H3045 it not H1077 : when H4970 shall I awake H6974 ? I will seek H1245 it yet H3254 again H5750 .
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