Jubilee2000 - Proverbs - 18

18:1  Whosoever goes astray seeks according to his own lust and shall meddle with every doctrine.

18:2  A fool has no delight in understanding, but in that which his own heart discovers.

18:3  When the wicked comes, then comes also contempt, and with him who dishonours, reproach.

18:4  The words of a man's mouth [are as] deep waters, [and] the wellspring of wisdom [as] a flowing brook.

18:5  To respect the person of the wicked so that the righteous loses that which is rightfully his is not good.

18:6  A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for strokes.

18:7  A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of his soul.

18:8  The words of a talebearer seem smooth, but they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

18:9  He also that is negligent in his work is brother to him that is the great spendthrift.

18:10  The name of the LORD [is] a strong tower: the righteous shall run into it, and be raised up.

18:11  The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city and as a high wall in his imagination.

18:12  Before being broken, the heart of man is haughty, and before coming into honour, [comes] being brought to humility.

18:13  [For] him that answers a word before he hears, it [is] folly and reproach unto him.

18:14  The spirit of man will bear his infirmity, but a broken spirit who can bear?

18:15  The heart of the man of understanding acquires wisdom, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

18:16  A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men.

18:17  The [one who is] just is first in his cause, his adversary comes and seeks him out.

18:18  The lot causes contentions to cease and decides between the mighty.

18:19  A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city, and [their] contentions [are] like the bars of a castle.

18:20  A man's belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth, [and] with the product of his lips shall he be filled.

18:21  Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue, and those that love it shall eat its fruit.

18:22  [Whosoever] found a wife found a good [thing] and has attained the favour of the LORD.

18:23  The poor uses intreaties, but the rich answer roughly.

18:24  The man [that has] friends must show himself to be a friend, and there is a friend [that] sticks closer than a brother.: