Proverbs 18

¹He who is separated seeks his own desire, He interferes with all wisdom.

²A fool does not delight in understanding, But in uncovering his heart.

³Contempt has also come with the coming of the wicked, And with shame—reproach.

⁴The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters, The fountain of wisdom is a flowing brook.

⁵Favoring of the face of the wicked is not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.

⁶The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth calls for stripes.

⁷The mouth of a fool is ruin to him, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

⁸The words of a tale-bearer are as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down to the inner parts of the heart.

⁹He also that is remiss in his work, He is a brother to a destroyer.

¹⁰The Name of YHWH is a tower of strength, The righteous runs into it, and is set on high.

¹¹The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.

¹²The heart of man is high before destruction, And humility is before honor.

¹³Whoever is answering a matter before he hears, It is folly to him—and shame.

¹⁴The spirit of a man sustains his sickness, And who bears a struck spirit?

¹⁵The heart of the intelligent gets knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

¹⁶The gift of a man makes room for him, And it leads him before the great.

¹⁷The first in his own cause seems righteous, But his neighbor comes and has searched him.

¹⁸The lot causes contentions to cease, And it separates between the mighty.

¹⁹A brother transgressed against is as a strong city, And contentions as the bar of a palace.

²⁰From the fruit of a man’s mouth is his belly satisfied, From the increase of his lips he is satisfied.

²¹Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

²²Whoever has found a wife has found good, And brings out goodwill from YHWH.

²³The poor speaks with supplications, And the rich answers fierce things.

²⁴A man with friends—to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

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