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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Proverbs 18 AFV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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="../topmenuchap/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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">AFV</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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="100%" valign="top">A Faithful Version</td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>He who isolates himself seeks his own desire; he rails against all sound wisdom.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>A fool has no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may discover itself.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>When the wicked comes, contempt also comes, and with dishonor comes disgrace.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The words of a man's mouth <i>are like</i> deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is <i>like</i> a flowing stream.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><i> It is</i> not good to favor the person of the wicked, nor to overthrow the righteous in judgment.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>A fool's lips enter into argument, and his mouth calls for strokes.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>A fool's mouth <i>is</i> his destruction, and his lips <i>are</i> the snare of his soul.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The words of a talebearer <i>are</i> as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Also he who is slack in his work is a brother to him who is a great waster.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The name of the LORD <i>is</i> a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The rich man's wealth <i>is</i> his strong city, and as a high wall in his own conceit.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Before destruction, the heart of man is haughty, and before honor <i>is</i> humility.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He who answers a matter before he hears it, it <i>is</i> folly and shame to him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a broken spirit who can bear?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The heart of the prudent gets knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The one who is first in his own cause <i>seems</i> just, but his neighbor comes and searches him out.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The lot causes arguments to cease and decides between the mighty.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>A brother offended i<i>s harder to win than</i> a strong city; and <i>their</i> disagreements <i>are</i> like the bars of a fortress.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; he shall be satisfied with the product of his lips.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Death and life <i>are</i> in the power of the tongue, and those who love it shall eat the fruit of it.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><i>Whoever</i> finds a wife finds a good <i>thing</i> and obtains favor from the LORD.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The poor entreats requests, but the rich answers roughly.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>A man <i>who has</i> friends must show himself friendly, and there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="https://afaithfulversion.org/">A Faithful Version</a><br><br>Copyright © 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011<br>York Publishing Company<br>Post Office Box 1038<br>Hollister, California 95024-1038<br><br>All rights reserved.<br>All Scripture may be freely quoted except for brief excerpts for review purposes, no part of this publication may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means--electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or information storage and retrieval systems, or use of hermeneutical conclusions of copyright owner.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../proverbs/17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Proverbs 17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Proverbs 17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../proverbs/19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Proverbs 19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Proverbs 19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>