📖 Proverbs 18
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An unfriendly man pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.
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A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.
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When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.
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The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
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To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
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A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.
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A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
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The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person's innermost parts.
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One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
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The name of Yahweh is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
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The rich man's wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.
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Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.
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He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.
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A man's spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?
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The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
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A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
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He who pleads his cause first seems right; until another comes and questions him.
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18
The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart.
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A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; and disputes are like the bars of a castle.
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A man's stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.
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Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
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Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.
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The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
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A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.