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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Proverbs 18 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/proverbs/18.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/proverbs/18-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Proverbs 18</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../proverbs/17.htm" title="Proverbs 17">◄</a> Proverbs 18 <a href="../proverbs/19.htm" title="Proverbs 19">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="par"><span class="v20_18_1"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.18.1" class="v20_18_1">1</span>People who do not get along with others are interested only in themselves; they will disagree with what everyone else knows is right.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_18_2"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.18.2" class="v20_18_2">2</span>A fool does not care whether he understands a thing or not; all he wants to do is show how smart he is.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_18_3"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.18.3" class="v20_18_3">3</span>Sin and shame go together. Lose your honor, and you will get scorn in its place.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_18_4"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.18.4" class="v20_18_4">4</span>A person's words can be a source of wisdom, deep as the ocean, fresh as a flowing stream.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_18_5"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.18.5" class="v20_18_5">5</span>It is not right to favor the guilty and keep the innocent from receiving justice.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_18_6"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.18.6" class="v20_18_6">6</span>When some fool starts an argument, he is asking for a beating.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_18_7"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.18.7" class="v20_18_7">7</span>When a fool speaks, he is ruining himself; he gets caught in the trap of his own words.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_18_8"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.18.8" class="v20_18_8">8</span>Gossip is so tasty—how we love to swallow it!</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_18_9"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.18.9" class="v20_18_9">9</span>A lazy person is as bad as someone who is destructive.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_18_10"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.18.10" class="v20_18_10">10</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> is like a strong tower, where the righteous can go and be safe. </span><span class="v20_18_11"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.18.11" class="v20_18_11">11</span>Rich people, however, imagine that their wealth protects them like high, strong walls around a city.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_18_12"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.18.12" class="v20_18_12">12</span>No one is respected unless he is humble; arrogant people are on the way to ruin.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_18_13"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.18.13" class="v20_18_13">13</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.18.13!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Listen before you answer. If you don't, you are being stupid and insulting.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_18_14"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.18.14" class="v20_18_14">14</span>Your will to live can sustain you when you are sick, but if you lose it, your last hope is gone.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_18_15"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.18.15" class="v20_18_15">15</span>Intelligent people are always eager and ready to learn.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_18_16"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.18.16" class="v20_18_16">16</span>Do you want to meet an important person? Take a gift and it will be easy.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_18_17"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.18.17" class="v20_18_17">17</span>The first person to speak in court always seems right until his opponent begins to question him.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_18_18"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.18.18" class="v20_18_18">18</span>If two powerful people are opposing each other in court, casting lots can settle the issue.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_18_19"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.18.19" class="v20_18_19">19</span>Help your relatives and they will protect you like a strong city wall,<a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.18.19!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> but if you quarrel with them, they will close their doors to you.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_18_20"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.18.20" class="v20_18_20">20</span>You will have to live with the consequences of everything you say. </span><span class="v20_18_21"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.18.21" class="v20_18_21">21</span>What you say can preserve life or destroy it; so you must accept the consequences of your words.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_18_22"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.18.22" class="v20_18_22">22</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.18.22!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Find a wife and you find a good thing; it shows that the <span class="nd">Lord</span> is good to you.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_18_23"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.18.23" class="v20_18_23">23</span>When the poor speak, they have to be polite, but when the rich answer, they are rude.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v20_18_24"><span class="reftext" id="Prov.18.24" class="v20_18_24">24</span>Some friendships do<a href="#fn" id="link_Prov.18.24!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> not last, but some friends are more loyal than brothers.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">18.19: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some ancient translations </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Help … wall; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew unclear.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">18.24: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some ancient translations </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Some friendships do; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Someone with friends does.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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