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Proverbs 18:1-23

18:1

Through desire
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a man, having separated
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himself, seeketh
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[and] intermeddleth
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with all wisdom
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{Through...: or, He that separateth himself seeketh according to his desire, and intermeddleth in every business}

18:2

A fool
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hath no delight
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in understanding
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but that his heart
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may discover
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itself.

18:3

When the wicked
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cometh
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[then] cometh
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also contempt
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and with ignominy
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reproach
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18:4

The words
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of a man's
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mouth
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[are as] deep
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waters
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[and] the wellspring
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of wisdom
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[as] a flowing
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brook
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18:5

[It is] not good
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to accept
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the person
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of the wicked
<07563>_,

to overthrow
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the righteous
<06662>

in judgment
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18:6

A fool's
<03684>

lips
<08193>

enter
<0935> (8799)

into contention
<07379>_,

and his mouth
<06310>

calleth
<07121> (8799)

for strokes
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18:7

A fool's
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mouth
<06310>

[is] his destruction
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and his lips
<08193>

[are] the snare
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of his soul
<05315>_.

18:8

The words
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of a talebearer
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[are] as wounds
<03859> (8693)_,

and they go down
<03381> (8804)

into the innermost parts
<02315>

of the belly
<0990>_.

{talebearer: or, whisperer} {as wounds: or, like as when men are wounded} {most...: Heb. chambers}

18:9

He also that is slothful
<07503> (8693)

in his work
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is brother
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to him that is a great
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waster
<07843> (8688)_.

18:10

The name
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of the LORD
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[is] a strong
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tower
<04026>_:

the righteous
<06662>

runneth
<07323> (8799)

into it, and is safe
<07682> (8738)_.

{safe: Heb. set aloft}

18:11

The rich man's
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wealth
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[is] his strong
<05797>

city
<07151>_,

and as an high
<07682> (8737)

wall
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in his own conceit
<04906>_.

18:12

Before
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destruction
<07667>

the heart
<03820>

of man
<0376>

is haughty
<01361> (8799)_,

and before
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honour
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[is] humility
<06038>_.

18:13

He that answereth
<07725> (8688)

a matter
<01697>

before he heareth
<08085> (8799)

[it], it [is] folly
<0200>

and shame
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unto him. {answereth...: Heb. returneth a word}

18:14

The spirit
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of a man
<0376>

will sustain
<03557> (8770)

his infirmity
<04245>_;

but a wounded
<05218>

spirit
<07307>

who can bear
<05375> (8799)_?

18:15

The heart
<03820>

of the prudent
<0995> (8737)

getteth
<07069> (8799)

knowledge
<01847>_;

and the ear
<0241>

of the wise
<02450>

seeketh
<01245> (8762)

knowledge
<01847>_.

18:16

A man's
<0120>

gift
<04976>

maketh room
<07337> (8686)

for him, and bringeth
<05148> (8686)

him before
<06440>

great men
<01419>_.

18:17

[He that is] first
<07223>

in his own cause
<07379>

[seemeth] just
<06662>_;

but his neighbour
<07453>

cometh
<0935> (8804) (8675) <0935> (8799)

and searcheth
<02713> (8804)

him.

18:18

The lot
<01486>

causeth contentions
<04079>

to cease
<07673> (8686)_,

and parteth
<06504> (8686)

between the mighty
<06099>_.

18:19

A brother
<0251>

offended
<06586> (8737)

[is harder to be won] than a strong
<05797>

city
<07151>_:

and [their] contentions
<04079> (8675) <04066>

[are] like the bars
<01280>

of a castle
<0759>_.

18:20

A man's
<0376>

belly
<0990>

shall be satisfied
<07646> (8799)

with the fruit
<06529>

of his mouth
<06310>_;

[and] with the increase
<08393>

of his lips
<08193>

shall he be filled
<07646> (8799)_.

18:21

Death
<04194>

and life
<02416>

[are] in the power
<03027>

of the tongue
<03956>_:

and they that love
<0157> (8802)

it shall eat
<0398> (8799)

the fruit
<06529>

thereof.

18:22

[Whoso] findeth
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a wife
<0802>

findeth
<04672> (8804)

a good
<02896>

[thing], and obtaineth
<06329> (8686)

favour
<07522>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

18:23

The poor
<07326> (8802)

useth
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intreaties
<08469>_;

but the rich
<06223>

answereth
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roughly
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