H9002–/וְ–v

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

וְיֵ֖ין (וְ) ve. “and”

But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.

וְאֹ֣רַח (וְ) ve. “and”וָ֝א֗וֹר (וָ֝) va. “and”

For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

וּֽלְכָל־ (וּֽ) u. “and”

Put away from thee perverseness of mouth, and corrupt lips put far from thee.

וּלְז֥וּת (וּ) u. “and”

Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

וְ֝עַפְעַפֶּ֗יךָ (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be well-ordered.

וְֽכָל־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”

Turn not to the right hand nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil.

וּשְׂמֹ֑אול (וּ) u. “and”

that thou mayest keep reflection, and that thy lips may preserve knowledge.

וְ֝דַ֗עַת (וְ֝) ve. “and”

For the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

וְחָלָ֖ק (וְ) ve. “and”

but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

וְֽ֭אַחֲרִיתָהּ (וְֽ֭) Ve. “and”

And now, children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

וְעַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel;

וּ֝שְׁנֹתֶ֗יךָ (וּ֝) u. “and”

lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and the fruits of thy toil [supplied: come] into the house of a stranger;

וַ֝עֲצָבֶ֗יךָ (וַ֝) va. “and”

and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed;

וּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!

וְ֝תוֹכַ֗חַת (וְ֝) ve. “and”

and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me;

וְֽלֹא־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”וְ֝לִֽמְלַמְּדַ֗י (וְ֝) ve. “and”

I was well nigh in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

וְעֵדָֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

וְ֝נֹזְלִ֗ים (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.

וְאֵ֖ין (וְ) ve. “and”

Let thy fountain be blessed; and have joy of the wife of thy youth.

וּ֝שְׂמַ֗ח (וּ֝) u. “and”

As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished continually with her love.

וְֽיַעֲלַ֫ת־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”

And why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

וְלָ֤מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”וּ֝תְחַבֵּ֗ק (וּ֝) u. “<so>”

For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and he pondereth all his paths.

וְֽכָל־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”

His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

וּבְחַבְלֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”