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The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The words of a gossip are like tasty morsels, and they go down into a person's innermost parts.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run into it and are safe.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The rich man's wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>A man's spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He who pleads his cause first seems right; until another comes and questions him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; and disputes are like the bars of a fortress.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>A man's stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of the LORD.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/proverbs/18-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.<p></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><a href="//nheb.net/">New Heart English Bible</a><br />Edited by Wayne A. 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