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 dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

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 a wayward mouth, And perverse 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”

Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established.

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 preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.

וְ֝דַ֗עַת (וְ֝) ve. “and”

For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:

וְחָלָ֖ק (וְ) ve. “and”

But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

וְֽ֭אַחֲרִיתָהּ (וְֽ֭) Ve. “and”

Now therefore, [ergänzt: my] sons, 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 honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;

וּ֝שְׁנֹתֶ֗יךָ (וּ֝) u. “and”

Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors [ergänzt: be] in the house of an alien,

וַ֝עֲצָבֶ֗יךָ (וַ֝) va. “and”

And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

וּשְׁאֵרֶֽךָ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;

וְ֝תוֹכַ֗חַת (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

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

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

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 for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee.

וְאֵ֖ין (וְ) ve. “and”

Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

וּ֝שְׂמַ֗ח (וּ֝) u. “and”

[ergänzt: As] a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.

וְֽיַעֲלַ֫ת־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”

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

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

For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level 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”