On Life and Conduct
1
When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider well him that is before you;
E | KI- | ThShB | LLChUM | ETh- | MUShL | BIN | ThBIN | ETh-
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| that | ? | to·to·? | the | from·and·? | between | ? | the
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2
Put a knife to your throat, if you be a man given to appetite.
B | UShMTh | ShKIN | BLOK | EM- | BOL | NFSh
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| and·? | ? | in·to·? | I-will·from | in·on | breathing
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3
Be not desirous of his dainties; seeing they are deceitful food.
G | EL- | ThThEU | LMTOMUThIU | UAUE | LChM | KZBIM
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| this | ? | to·from·? | and·the·and·I-will | to·? | as·?
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4
Weary not yourself to be rich; cease from your own wisdom.
D | EL- | ThIGO | LAOShIR | MBINThK | ChDL
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| this | ? | to·the·? | from·in·he-will·we·? | ?
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5
Will you set your eyes on it? it is gone; for riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flies toward heaven.
A | AThOUF | (AThOIF) | OINIK | BU
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| the·? | the·? | ? | give
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| UEINNU | KI | OShA
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| and·I-will·he-will·we·we·and | that | make
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| IOShA- | LU | KNFIM | KNShR | UOIF
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| he-will·make | to·and | as·we·? | as·we·? | and·?
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| (IOUF) | AShMIM
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| he-will·flying | the·heaven
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6
Eat you not the bread of him that has an evil eye, neither desire you his dainties;
U | EL- | ThLChM | ETh- | LChM | RO | OIN | UEL- | ThThEU | LMTOMThIU
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| this | ? | the | to·? | ? | ? | and·this | ? | to·from·?
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7
For as one that has reckoned within himself, so is he: 'Eat and drink', says he to you; but his heart is not with you.
Z | KI | KMU | ShOR | BNFShU | KN- | AUE
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| that | as·from·and | ? | in·we·? | so | the·and·I-will
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| EKUL | UShThA | IEMR | LK
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| I-will·as·and·to | and·? | he-will·say | to·as
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| ULBU | BL- | OMK
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| and·to·give | in·to | ?
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8
The morsel which you have eaten shall you vomit up, and lose your sweet words.
Ch | FThK- | EKLTh | ThQIENA | UShChTh | DBRIK
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| ? | I-will·as·to·she-will | ? | and·? | ?
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9
Speak not in the ears of a fool; for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
T | BEZNI | KSIL | EL- | ThDBR | KI- | IBUZ
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| in·I-will·? | as·? | this | ? | that | he-will·in·and·?
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| LShKL | MLIK
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| to·? | from·to·he-will·as
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10
Remove not the ancient landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless;
I | EL- | ThSG | GBUL | OULM | UBShDI | IThUMIM | EL- | ThBE
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| this | ? | ? | ? | and·in·? | he-will·? | this | ?
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11
For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause with you.
IE | KI- | GELM | ChZQ | AUE- | IRIB | ETh- | RIBM
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| that | ? | ? | the·and·I-will | he-will·? | the | ?
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12
Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
IB | ABIEA | LMUSR | LBK
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| the·in·he-will·I-will·the | to·from·and·? | to·in·as
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| UEZNK | LEMRI- | DOTh
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| and·I-will·? | to·I-will·from·? | ?
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13
Withhold not correction from the child; for though you beat him with the rod, he will not die.
IG | EL- | ThMNO | MNOR | MUSR | KI- | ThKNU | BShBT | LE
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| this | ? | from·we·? | from·and·? | that | ? | in·? | not
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| IMUTh
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| he-will·from·and·she-will
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14
You beat him with the rod, and will deliver his soul from the nether-world.
ID | EThA | BShBT | ThKNU | UNFShU | MShEUL | ThTsIL
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| I-will·? | in·? | ? | and·we·? | from·? | ?
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15
My son, if your heart be wise, my heart will be glad, even mine;
TU | BNI | EM- | ChKM | LBK | IShMCh
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| in·we·he-will | I-will·from | ? | to·in·as | he-will·?
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| LBI | GM- | ENI
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| to·in·he-will | ? | I
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16
Yes, my reins will rejoice, when your lips speak right things.
TZ | UThOLZNA | KLIUThI | BDBR | ShFThIK
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| and·? | as·to·he-will·and·? | in·? | ?
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17
Let not your heart envy sinners, but be in the fear of IAUA all the day;
IZ | EL- | IQNE | LBK | BChTEIM | KI | EM-
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| this | he-will·? | to·in·as | in·? | that | I-will·from
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| BIRETh- | IAUA | KL- | AIUM
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| in·he-will·? | IAUA | all | the·day
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18
For surely there is a future; and your hope shall not be cut off.
ICh | KI | EM- | ISh | EChRITh | UThQUThK | LE
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| that | I-will·from | he-will·? | I-will·? | and·? | not
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19
Hear you, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way.
IT | ShMO- | EThA | BNI | UChKM | UEShR | BDRK
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| ? | I-will·? | in·we·he-will | and·? | and·which | in·?
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20
Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of flesh;
K | EL- | ThAI | BSBEI- | IIN | BZLLI | BShR
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| this | ? | in·? | he-will·he-will·we | in·? | in·?
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21
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
KE | KI- | SBE | UZULL | IURSh | UQROIM | ThLBISh
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| that | ? | and·? | he-will·and·? | and·? | ?
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22
Hearken to your father that begot you, and despise not your mother when she is old.
KB | ShMO | LEBIK | ZA | ILDK
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| ? | to·I-will·in·he-will·as | ? | he-will·to·?
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| UEL- | ThBUZ | KI- | ZQNA | EMK
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| and·this | ? | that | ? | I-will·from·as
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23
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
KG | EMTh | QNA | UEL- | ThMKR | ChKMA
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| I-will·from·she-will | ? | and·this | ? | ?
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| UMUSR | UBINA
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| and·from·and·? | and·in·he-will·we·the
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24
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; and he that begets a wise child will have joy of him.
KD | GUL | (GIL) | IGIL | EBI | TsDIQ
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| ? | ? | he-will·? | I-will·in·he-will | ?
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| IULD | (UIULD) | ChKM
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| he-will·and·to·? | and·he-will·and·to·? | ?
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| UIShMCh- | (IShMCh-) | BU
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| and·he-will·? | he-will·? | give
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25
Let your father and your mother be glad, and let her that bore you rejoice.
KA | IShMCh- | EBIK | UEMK
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| he-will·? | I-will·in·he-will·as | and·I-will·from·as
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| UThGL | IULDThK
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| and·? | he-will·and·to·?
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26
My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.
KU | ThNA- | BNI | LBK | LI | UOINIK | DRKI
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| ? | in·we·he-will | to·in·as | to·he-will | and·? | ?
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27
For a harlot is a deep ditch; and an alien woman is a narrow pit.
KZ | KI- | ShUChA | OMQA | ZUNA | UBER | TsRA | NKRIA
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| that | ? | ? | ? | and·in·I-will·? | ? | we·as·?
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28
She also lays in wait as a robber, and increases the faithless among men.
KCh | EF- | AIE | KChThF | ThERB
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| nostril | the·he-will·I-will | as·? | ?
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| UBUGDIM | BEDM | ThUSF
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| and·in·and·? | in·man | ?
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29
Who cries: 'Woe'? who: 'Alas'? who has contentions? who has raving? who has wounds without cause? who has redness of eyes?
KT | LMI | EUI
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| to·from·he-will | I-will·and·he-will
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| LMI | EBUI
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| to·from·he-will | I-will·in·and·he-will
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| LMI | MDUNIM | (MDINIM) | LMI
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| to·from·he-will | from·? | from·? | to·from·he-will
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| ShICh | LMI | FTsOIM | ChNM | LMI
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| bush | to·from·he-will | ? | ? | to·from·he-will
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30
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine.
L | LMEChRIM | OL- | AIIN
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| to·from·I-will·? | on | the·he-will·he-will·we
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| LBEIM | LChQR | MMSK
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| to·in·I-will·sea | to·? | from·from·?
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31
Look not you on the wine when it is red, when it gives its colour in the cup, when it glides down smoothly;
LE | EL- | ThRE | IIN | KI | IThEDM | KI- | IThN
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| this | ? | he-will·he-will·we | that | he-will·? | that | give
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| BKIS | (BKUS) | OINU | IThALK
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| in·as·he-will·? | in·as·and·? | ? | he-will·?
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| BMIShRIM
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| in·from·he-will·?
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32
At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like a basilisk.
LB | EChRIThU | KNChSh | IShK | UKTsFONI | IFRSh
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| I-will·? | as·we·? | he-will·? | and·as·? | he-will·?
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33
Your eyes shall behold strange things, and your heart shall utter confused things.
LG | OINIK | IREU | ZRUTh | ULBK | IDBR
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| ? | he-will·? | ? | and·to·in·as | he-will·?
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34
Yes, you shall be as he that lays down in the middle of the sea, or as he that lays on the top of a mast.
LD | UAIITh | KShKB | BLB-
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| and·the·he-will·he-will·she-will | as·? | in·heart
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| IM | UKShKB | BRESh | ChBL
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| sea | and·as·? | in·? | ?
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35
'They have struck me, and I felt it not, they have beaten me, and I knew it not; when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.'
LA | AKUNI | BL- | ChLIThI
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| the·as·and·we·he-will | in·to | ?
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| ALMUNI | BL- | IDOThI | MThI
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| the·to·from·and·we·he-will | in·to | he-will·? | from·?
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| EQITs | EUSIF | EBQShNU | OUD
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| I-will·? | I-will·and·? | I-will·in·? | ?
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