Are the slothful sluggard or the stupid dullard both examples of the weak (verse 17)? There are gems in these fields. Dig them out, but don't eat the worms. Pay attention to the bits that come between obvious recurrences. Repetition is not redundancy but framing.
I was only going to do a few of these, but once in, stopping is impossible.
Proverbs 19 | Fn | Min | Max | Syll | ||
טֽוֹב־רָ֭שׁ הוֹלֵ֣ךְ בְּתֻמּ֑וֹ מֵעִקֵּ֥שׁ שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו וְה֣וּא כְסִֽיל | 1 | Better one who is in want walking in its completeness, than one devious of lips and it is stupid. | 3e | 4B | 7 10 | |
גַּ֤ם בְּלֹא־דַ֣עַת נֶ֣פֶשׁ לֹא־ט֑וֹב וְאָ֖ץ בְּרַגְלַ֣יִם חוֹטֵֽא | 2 | C | Furthermore without knowledge, integrity is not good, and one importuned on foot is one who sins. | 3e | 4C | 8 7 |
אִוֶּ֣לֶת אָ֭דָם תְּסַלֵּ֣ף דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וְעַל־יְ֝הוָ֗ה יִזְעַ֥ף לִבּֽוֹ | 3 | Obstinacy in humanity undermines its way, and against Yahweh outraged is its heart. | 3e | 4B | 10 8 | |
ה֗וֹן יֹ֭סִיף רֵעִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים וְ֝דָ֗ל מֵרֵ֥עהוּ יִפָּרֵֽד | 4 | ~ | Value will add to many associates, but weakness separates from its associate. | 3e | 4B | 7 8 |
עֵ֣ד שְׁ֭קָרִים לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶ֑ה וְיָפִ֥יחַ כְּ֝זָבִ֗ים לֹ֣א יִמָּלֵֽט | 5 | B | A witness of falsehoods will not be held innocent, and a snorter of lies will not escape. | 3e | 4B | 8 11 |
רַ֭בִּים יְחַלּ֣וּ פְנֵֽי־נָדִ֑יב וְכָל־הָ֝רֵ֗עַ לְאִ֣ישׁ מַתָּֽן | 6 | g | Many entreat before a prince, but all the evil to a person of graft. | 3e | 4B | 8 9 |
כָּ֥ל אֲחֵי־רָ֨שׁ ׀ שְֽׂנֵאֻ֗הוּ אַ֤ף כִּ֣י מְ֭רֵעֵהוּ רָחֲק֣וּ מִמֶּ֑נּוּ מְרַדֵּ֖ף אֲמָרִ֣ים לוֹ־הֵֽמָּה | 7 | f | All the kin of one who is in want hate him. Indeed for more than his friend, they are distant from him, pursuing with promises those who are his. | 3e | 4C | 20 8 |
קֹֽנֶה־לֵּ֭ב אֹהֵ֣ב נַפְשׁ֑וֹ שֹׁמֵ֥ר תְּ֝בוּנָ֗ה לִמְצֹא־טֽוֹב | 8 | One who acquires a heart loves its integrity, one who guards discernment to find good. | 3e | 4B | 7 8 | |
עֵ֣ד שְׁ֭קָרִים לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶ֑ה וְיָפִ֖יחַ כְּזָבִ֣ים יֹאבֵֽד | 9 | B | A witness of falsehoods will not be held innocent, and a snorter of lies will perish. | 3e | 4B | 8 9 |
לֹֽא־נָאוֶ֣ה לִכְסִ֣יל תַּעֲנ֑וּג אַ֝֗ף כִּֽי־לְעֶ֤בֶד ׀ מְשֹׁ֬ל בְּשָׂרִֽים | 10 | Not lovely to a dullard is exquisite delight, indeed, for a servant to govern among the chiefs. | 3e | 4C | 8 10 | |
שֵׂ֣כֶל אָ֭דָם הֶאֱרִ֣יךְ אַפּ֑וֹ וְ֝תִפאַרְתּ֗וֹ עֲבֹ֣ר עַל־פָּֽשַׁע | 11 | B | Human insight slows its anger, and it is its adornment to bypass over transgression. | 3e | 4B | 9 9 |
נַ֣הַם כַּ֭כְּפִיר זַ֣עַף מֶ֑לֶךְ וּכְטַ֖ל עַל־עֵ֣שֶׂב רְצוֹנֽוֹ | 12 | B | As a lion cub's growl, the outrage of a sovereign, and as dew over field-grass, its acceptance. | 3e | 4B | 8 8 |
הַוֺּ֣ת לְ֭אָבִיו בֵּ֣ן כְּסִ֑יל וְדֶ֥לֶף טֹ֝רֵ֗ד מִדְיְנֵ֥י אִשָּֽׁה | 13 | Calamity to his father, a dullard child, and a drip dribbling from the dissension of a wife. | 3e | 4B | 8 10 | |
בַּ֣יִת וָ֭הוֹן נַחֲלַ֣ת אָב֑וֹת וּ֝מֵיְהוָ֗ה אִשָּׁ֥ה מַשְׂכָּֽלֶת | 14 | B | House and value, an inheritance from ancestors, but from Yahweh, a woman of insight. | 3e | 4B | 9 9 |
עַ֭צְלָה תַּפִּ֣יל תַּרְדֵּמָ֑ה וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ רְמִיָּ֣ה תִרְעָֽב | 15 | g | Sloth makes one fall into a trance, and a deceitful self will be hungry. | 3e | 4B | 7 8 |
שֹׁמֵ֣ר מִ֭צְוָה שֹׁמֵ֣ר נַפְשׁ֑וֹ בּוֹזֵ֖ה דְרָכָ֣יו יָמֽוּת | 16 | One who keeps a command keeps itself. One who is contemptuous of its ways will die. | 3e | 4B | 8 7 | |
מַלְוֵ֣ה יְ֭הוָה ח֣וֹנֵֽן דָּ֑ל וּ֝גְמֻל֗וֹ יְשַׁלֶּם־לֽוֹ | 17 | An ally of Yahweh is gracious to the weak, and his reward will repay it. | 3e | 4B | 7 7 | |
יַסֵּ֣ר בִּ֭נְךָ כִּי־יֵ֣שׁ תִּקְוָ֑ה וְאֶל־הֲ֝מִית֗וֹ אַל־תִּשָּׂ֥א נַפְשֶֽׁךָ | 18 | Tutor your child for there is expectation, and do not let it die. Do not yourself assume liability. | 3e | 4B | 8 11 | |
גְּֽדָל־חֵ֭מָה נֹ֣שֵׂא עֹ֑נֶשׁ כִּ֥י אִם־תַּ֝צִּ֗יל וְע֣וֹד תּוֹסִֽף | 19 | Great heat will bear a fine, for if you deliver, yet you will repeatedly. | 3e | 4B | 8 8 | |
שְׁמַ֣ע עֵ֭צָה וְקַבֵּ֣ל מוּסָ֑ר לְ֝מַ֗עַן תֶּחְכַּ֥ם בְּאַחֲרִיתֶֽךָ | 20 | Hear counsel and undergo tutoring, in order that you may be wise in your later time. | 3e | 4B | 9 11 | |
רַבּ֣וֹת מַחֲשָׁב֣וֹת בְּלֶב־אִ֑ישׁ וַעֲצַ֥ת יְ֝הוָ֗ה הִ֣יא תָקֽוּם | 21 | Many are the devices in the heart of each, but the counsel of Yahweh, it will arise. | 3e | 4B | 9 8 | |
תַּאֲוַ֣ת אָדָ֣ם חַסְדּ֑וֹ וְטֽוֹב־רָ֝שׁ מֵאִ֥ישׁ כָּזָֽב | 22 | The desire of a human is his mercy, but better one who is in want, than a liar. | 3e | 4B | 7 7 | |
יִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֣ה לְחַיִּ֑ים וְשָׂבֵ֥עַ יָ֝לִ֗ין בַּל־יִפָּ֥קֶד רָֽע | 23 | The fear of Yahweh is for life, and satisfaction stops over. Not is it visited with evil. | 3e | 4B | 7 11 | |
טָ֘מַ֤ן עָצֵ֣ל יָ֭דוֹ בַּצַּלָּ֑חַת גַּם־אֶל־פִּ֝֗יהוּ לֹ֣א יְשִׁיבֶֽנָּה | 24 | ~ | Sluggard buried its hand in the basin, even to its mouth it will not restore it. | 3e | 4C | 10 9 |
לֵ֣ץ תַּ֭כֶּה וּפֶ֣תִי יַעְרִ֑ם וְהוֹכִ֥יחַ לְ֝נָב֗וֹן יָבִ֥ין דָּֽעַת | 25 | B | Strike scorn, and simplicity will be subtle. And referee discernment. Discernment will have knowledge. | 3e | 4B | 8 11 |
מְֽשַׁדֶּד־אָ֭ב יַבְרִ֣יחַ אֵ֑ם בֵּ֝֗ן מֵבִ֥ישׁ וּמַחְפִּֽיר | 26 | Who devastates a father, runs out a mother, a son that causes shame and disappointment. | 3e | 4B | 8 6 | |
חַֽדַל־בְּ֭נִי לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ מוּסָ֑ר לִ֝שְׁג֗וֹת מֵֽאִמְרֵי־דָֽעַת | 27 | Set aside my child the hearing of chastening, that strays from the promises of knowledge. | 3e | 4B | 9 6 | |
עֵ֣ד בְּ֭לִיַּעַל יָלִ֣יץ מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּפִ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים יְבַלַּע־אָֽוֶן | 28 | B | A worthless witness scorns judgment, and the mouth of the wicked swallows mischief. | 3e | 4B | 9 10 |
נָכ֣וֹנוּ לַלֵּצִ֣ים שְׁפָטִ֑ים וּ֝מַהֲלֻמ֗וֹת לְגֵ֣ו כְּסִילִֽים | 29 | Prepared for the scornful, judgments, and smiting, for the hubris of dullards. | 3e | 4B | 9 10 |
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