H9002–/וְ–v

He who goes about talking of the business of others gives away secrets: so have nothing to do with him whose lips are open wide.

וּלְפֹתֶ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the blackest night.

וְאִמּ֑וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”

A heritage may be got quickly at first, but the end of it will not be a blessing.

וְ֝אַחֲרִיתָ֗הּ (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Do not say, I will give punishment for evil: go on waiting for the Lord, and he will be your saviour.

וְיֹ֣שַֽׁע (וְ) ve. “so”

Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good.

וָאָ֑בֶן (וָ) va. “and”וּמֹאזְנֵ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?

וְ֝אָדָ֗ם (וְ֝) ve. “and”

It is a danger to a man to say without thought, It is holy, and, after taking his oaths, to be questioning if it is necessary to keep them.

וְאַחַ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”

Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts.

וֶ֭אֱמֶת (וֶ֭) Ve. “and”

The glory of young men is their strength, and the honour of old men is their grey hairs.

וַהֲדַ֖ר (וַ) va. “and”

By the wounds of the rod evil is taken away, and blows make clean the deepest parts of the body.

וּ֝מַכּ֗וֹת (וּ֝) u. “and”

Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

וְתֹכֵ֖ן (וְ) ve. “and”

To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.

וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט (וּ) u. “and”

A high look and a heart of pride, *** of the evil-doer is sin.

וּרְחַב־ (וּ) u. “and”

The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.

וְ֝זַ֗ךְ (וְ֝) ve. “and”

It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.

וּבֵ֥ית (וּ) u. “and”

When the man of pride undergoes punishment, the simple man gets wisdom; and by watching the wise he gets knowledge.

וּבְהַשְׂכִּ֥יל (וּ) u. “and”

He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

By a secret offering wrath is turned away, and the heat of angry feelings by money in the folds of the robe.

וְשֹׁ֥חַד (וְ) ve. “and”

It is a joy to the good man to do right, but it is destruction to the workers of evil.

וּ֝מְחִתָּ֗ה (וּ֝) u. “and”

The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.

וָ֝שֶׁ֗מֶן (וָ֝) va. “and”

The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

וְתַ֖חַת (וְ) ve. “and”

It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.

וָכָֽעַס׃ (וָ) va. “and”

There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.

וָ֭שֶׁמֶן (וָ֭) Va. “and”וּכְסִ֖יל (וּ) u. “and”

He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour.

וָחָ֑סֶד (וָ) va. “and”וְכָבֽוֹד׃ (וְ) ve. “and”