- 1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.לֵ֣ץ הַ֭יַּין הֹמֶ֣ה שֵׁכָ֑ר וְכָל שֹׁ֥גֶה לֹ֣א יֶחְכָּֽם
- 2The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.נַ֣הַם כַּ֭כְּפִיר אֵ֣ימַת מֶ֑לֶךְ מִ֝תְעַבְּר֗וֹ חוֹטֵ֥א נַפְשֽׁוֹ
- 3It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.כָּב֣וֹד לָ֭אִישׁ שֶׁ֣בֶת מֵרִ֑יב וְכָל אֱ֝וִ֗יל יִתְגַּלָּֽע
- 4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.מֵ֭חֹרֶף עָצֵ֣ל לֹא יַחֲרֹ֑שׁ ישאל וְשָׁאַ֖ל בַּקָּצִ֣יר וָאָֽיִן
- 5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.מַ֣יִם עֲ֭מֻקִּים עֵצָ֣ה בְלֶב אִ֑ישׁ וְאִ֖ישׁ תְּבוּנָ֣ה יִדְלֶֽנָּה
- 6Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?רָב אָדָ֗ם יִ֭קְרָא אִ֣ישׁ חַסְדּ֑וֹ וְאִ֥ישׁ אֱ֝מוּנִ֗ים מִ֣י יִמְצָֽא
- 7The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.מִתְהַלֵּ֣ךְ בְּתֻמּ֣וֹ צַדִּ֑יק אַשְׁרֵ֖י בָנָ֣יו אַחֲרָֽיו
- 8A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.מֶ֗לֶךְ יוֹשֵׁ֥ב עַל כִּסֵּא דִ֑ין מְזָרֶ֖ה בְעֵינָ֣יו כָּל רָֽע
- 9Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?מִֽי יֹ֭אמַר זִכִּ֣יתִי לִבִּ֑י טָ֝הַ֗רְתִּי מֵחַטָּאתִֽי
- 10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.אֶ֣בֶן וָ֭אֶבֶן אֵיפָ֣ה וְאֵיפָ֑ה תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת יְ֝הוָ֗ה גַּם שְׁנֵיהֶֽם
- 11Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.גַּ֣ם בְּ֭מַעֲלָלָיו יִתְנַכֶּר נָ֑עַר אִם זַ֖ךְ וְאִם יָשָׁ֣ר פָּעֳלֽוֹ
- 12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.אֹ֣זֶן שֹׁ֭מַעַת וְעַ֣יִן רֹאָ֑ה יְ֝הוָ֗ה עָשָׂ֥ה גַם שְׁנֵיהֶֽם
- 13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.אַל תֶּֽאֱהַ֣ב שֵׁ֭נָה פֶּן תִּוָּרֵ֑שׁ פְּקַ֖ח עֵינֶ֣יךָ שְֽׂבַֽע לָֽחֶם
- 14It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.רַ֣ע רַ֭ע יֹאמַ֣ר הַקּוֹנֶ֑ה וְאֹזֵ֥ל אָ֣ז יִתְהַלָּֽל
- 15There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.יֵ֣שׁ זָ֭הָב וְרָב פְּנִינִ֑ים וּכְלִ֥י יְ֝קָ֗ר שִׂפְתֵי דָֽעַת
- 16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.לְֽקַח בִּ֭גְדוֹ כִּי עָ֣רַב זָ֑ר וּבְעַ֖ד נכרים נָכְרִיָּ֣ה חַבְלֵֽהוּ
- 17Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.עָרֵ֣ב לָ֭אִישׁ לֶ֣חֶם שָׁ֑קֶר וְ֝אַחַ֗ר יִמָּֽלֵא פִ֥יהוּ חָצָֽץ
- 18Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.מַ֭חֲשָׁבוֹת בְּעֵצָ֣ה תִכּ֑וֹן וּ֝בְתַחְבֻּל֗וֹת עֲשֵׂ֣ה מִלְחָמָֽה
- 19He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.גּֽוֹלֶה סּ֭וֹד הוֹלֵ֣ךְ רָכִ֑יל וּלְפֹתֶ֥ה שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִתְעָרָֽב
- 20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.מְ֭קַלֵּל אָבִ֣יו וְאִמּ֑וֹ יִֽדְעַ֥ךְ נֵ֝ר֗וֹ באישון בֶּאֱשׁ֥וּן חֹֽשֶׁךְ
- 21An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.נַ֭חֲלָה מבחלת מְבֹהֶ֣לֶת בָּרִאשֹׁנָ֑ה וְ֝אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּ לֹ֣א תְבֹרָֽךְ
- 22Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.אַל תֹּאמַ֥ר אֲשַׁלְּמָה רָ֑ע קַוֵּ֥ה לַֽ֝יהוָ֗ה וְיֹ֣שַֽׁע
- 23Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה אֶ֣בֶן וָאָ֑בֶן וּמֹאזְנֵ֖י מִרְמָ֣ה לֹא טֽוֹב
- 24Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?מֵיהוָ֥ה מִצְעֲדֵי גָ֑בֶר וְ֝אָדָ֗ם מַה יָּבִ֥ין דַּרְכּֽוֹ
- 25It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.מוֹקֵ֣שׁ אָ֭דָם יָ֣לַע קֹ֑דֶשׁ וְאַחַ֖ר נְדָרִ֣ים לְבַקֵּֽר
- 26A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.מְזָרֶ֣ה רְ֭שָׁעִים מֶ֣לֶךְ חָכָ֑ם וַיָּ֖שֶׁב עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם אוֹפָֽן
- 27The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.נֵ֣ר יְ֭הוָה נִשְׁמַ֣ת אָדָ֑ם חֹ֝פֵ֗שׂ כָּל חַדְרֵי בָֽטֶן
- 28Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.חֶ֣סֶד וֶ֭אֱמֶת יִצְּרוּ מֶ֑לֶךְ וְסָעַ֖ד בַּחֶ֣סֶד כִּסְאֽוֹ
- 29The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.תִּפְאֶ֣רֶת בַּחוּרִ֣ים כֹּחָ֑ם וַהֲדַ֖ר זְקֵנִ֣ים שֵׂיבָֽה
- 30The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.חַבֻּר֣וֹת פֶּ֭צַע תמריק תַּמְר֣וּק בְּרָ֑ע וּ֝מַכּ֗וֹת חַדְרֵי בָֽטֶן
Proverbs 20 KJV
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228 tagged Hebrew tokens162 distinct lexical entries30 of 30 verses source-tagged
יְהֹוָהH3068
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
אִישׁH376
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
רַעH7451
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
אָדָםH120
ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
מֶלֶךְH4428
a king
אֶבֶןH68
a stone
גַּםH1571
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
חֵסֵדH2617
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
אַחַרH310
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
אָמַרH559
to say (used with great latitude)
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