- 1The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;מִ֭שְׁלֵי שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה בֶן דָּוִ֑ד מֶ֝֗לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
- 2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;לָדַ֣עַת חָכְמָ֣ה וּמוּסָ֑ר לְ֝הָבִ֗ין אִמְרֵ֥י בִינָֽה
- 3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;לָ֭קַחַת מוּסַ֣ר הַשְׂכֵּ֑ל צֶ֥דֶק וּ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗ט וּמֵישָׁרִֽים
- 4To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.לָתֵ֣ת לִפְתָאיִ֣ם עָרְמָ֑ה לְ֝נַ֗עַר דַּ֣עַת וּמְזִמָּֽה
- 5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:יִשְׁמַ֣ע חָ֭כָם וְי֣וֹסֶף לֶ֑קַח וְ֝נָב֗וֹן תַּחְבֻּל֥וֹת יִקְנֶֽה
- 6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.לְהָבִ֣ין מָ֭שָׁל וּמְלִיצָ֑ה דִּבְרֵ֥י חֲ֝כָמִ֗ים וְחִידֹתָֽם
- 7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.יִרְאַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה רֵאשִׁ֣ית דָּ֑עַת חָכְמָ֥ה וּ֝מוּסָ֗ר אֱוִילִ֥ים בָּֽזוּ
- 8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:שְׁמַ֣ע בְּ֭נִי מוּסַ֣ר אָבִ֑יךָ וְאַל תִּ֝טֹּ֗שׁ תּוֹרַ֥ת אִמֶּֽךָ
- 9For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.כִּ֤י לִוְיַ֤ת חֵ֓ן הֵ֬ם לְרֹאשֶׁ֑ךָ וַ֝עֲנָקִ֗ים לְגַרְגְּרֹתֶֽיךָ
- 10My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.בְּנִ֡י אִם יְפַתּ֥וּךָ חַ֝טָּאִ֗ים אַל תֹּבֵֽא
- 11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:אִם יֹאמְרוּ֮ לְכָ֪ה אִ֫תָּ֥נוּ נֶאֶרְבָ֥ה לְדָ֑ם נִצְפְּנָ֖ה לְנָקִ֣י חִנָּֽם
- 12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:נִ֭בְלָעֵם כִּשְׁא֣וֹל חַיִּ֑ים וּ֝תְמִימִ֗ים כְּי֣וֹרְדֵי בֽוֹר
- 13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:כָּל ה֣וֹן יָקָ֣ר נִמְצָ֑א נְמַלֵּ֖א בָתֵּ֣ינוּ שָׁלָֽל
- 14Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:גּ֭וֹרָ֣לְךָ תַּפִּ֣יל בְּתוֹכֵ֑נוּ כִּ֥יס אֶ֝חָ֗ד יִהְיֶ֥ה לְכֻלָּֽנוּ
- 15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:בְּנִ֗י אַל תֵּלֵ֣ךְ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ אִתָּ֑ם מְנַ֥ע רַ֝גְלְךָ֗ מִנְּתִיבָתָֽם
- 16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.כִּ֣י רַ֭גְלֵיהֶם לָרַ֣ע יָר֑וּצוּ וִֽ֝ימַהֲר֗וּ לִשְׁפָּךְ דָּֽם
- 17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.כִּֽי חִ֭נָּם מְזֹרָ֣ה הָרָ֑שֶׁת בְּ֝עֵינֵ֗י כָל בַּ֥עַל כָּנָֽף
- 18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.וְ֭הֵם לְדָמָ֣ם יֶאֱרֹ֑בוּ יִ֝צְפְּנ֗וּ לְנַפְשֹׁתָֽם
- 19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.כֵּ֗ן אָ֭רְחוֹת כָּל בֹּ֣צֵֽעַ בָּ֑צַע אֶת נֶ֖פֶשׁ בְּעָלָ֣יו יִקָּֽח
- 20Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:חָ֭כְמוֹת בַּח֣וּץ תָּרֹ֑נָּה בָּ֝רְחֹב֗וֹת תִּתֵּ֥ן קוֹלָֽהּ
- 21She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,בְּרֹ֥אשׁ הֹמִיּ֗וֹת תִּ֫קְרָ֥א בְּפִתְחֵ֖י שְׁעָרִ֥ים בָּעִ֗יר אֲמָרֶ֥יהָ תֹאמֵֽר
- 22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?עַד מָתַ֣י פְּתָיִם֮ תְּֽאֵהֲב֫וּ פֶ֥תִי וְלֵצִ֗ים לָ֭צוֹן חָמְד֣וּ וּ֝כְסִילִ֗ים יִשְׂנְאוּ דָֽעַת
- 23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.תָּשׁ֗וּבוּ לְֽת֫וֹכַחְתִּ֥י הִנֵּ֤ה אַבִּ֣יעָה רוּחִ֑י אוֹדִ֖יעָה דְבָרַ֣י אֶתְכֶֽם
- 24Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;יַ֣עַן קָ֭רָאתִי וַתְּמָאֵ֑נוּ נָטִ֥יתִי יָ֝דִ֗י וְאֵ֣ין מַקְשִֽׁיב
- 25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:וַתִּפְרְע֥וּ כָל עֲצָתִ֑י וְ֝תוֹכַחְתִּ֗י לֹ֣א אֲבִיתֶֽם
- 26I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;גַּם אֲ֭נִי בְּאֵידְכֶ֣ם אֶשְׂחָ֑ק אֶ֝לְעַ֗ג בְּבֹ֣א פַחְדְּכֶֽם
- 27When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.בְּבֹ֤א כשאוה כְשׁוֹאָ֨ה פַּחְדְּכֶ֗ם וְֽ֭אֵידְכֶם כְּסוּפָ֣ה יֶאֱתֶ֑ה בְּבֹ֥א עֲ֝לֵיכֶ֗ם צָרָ֥ה וְצוּקָֽה
- 28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:אָ֣ז יִ֭קְרָאֻנְנִי וְלֹ֣א אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ה יְ֝שַׁחֲרֻ֗נְנִי וְלֹ֣א יִמְצָאֻֽנְנִי
- 29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:תַּ֭חַת כִּי שָׂ֣נְאוּ דָ֑עַת וְיִרְאַ֥ת יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה לֹ֣א בָחָֽרוּ
- 30They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.לֹא אָב֥וּ לַעֲצָתִ֑י נָ֝אֲצ֗וּ כָּל תּוֹכַחְתִּֽי
- 31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.וְֽ֭יֹאכְלוּ מִפְּרִ֣י דַרְכָּ֑ם וּֽמִמֹּעֲצֹ֖תֵיהֶ֣ם יִשְׂבָּֽעוּ
- 32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.כִּ֤י מְשׁוּבַ֣ת פְּתָיִ֣ם תַּֽהַרְגֵ֑ם וְשַׁלְוַ֖ת כְּסִילִ֣ים תְּאַבְּדֵֽם
- 33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.וְשֹׁמֵ֣עַֽ יִשְׁכָּן בֶּ֑טַח וְ֝שַׁאֲנַ֗ן מִפַּ֥חַד רָעָֽה
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235 tagged Hebrew tokens157 distinct lexical entries33 of 33 verses source-tagged
כִּיH3588
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
בֵּןH1121
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
דַּעַתH1847
knowledge
מוּסָרH4148
properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint
פְּתִיH6612
silly (i.e., seducible)
אָבָהH14
to breathe after, i.e., (figuratively) to be acquiescent
דָּםH1818
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e., drops of blood)
אַלH408
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
פַּחַדH6343
a (sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by implication, the feeling)
קָרָאH7121
to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
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