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class="line2">but delight in airing their own opinions.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>When wickedness comes, so does contempt,</p><p class="line2">and with shame comes reproach.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The words of the mouth are deep waters,</p><p class="line2">but the fountain of wisdom is a rushing stream.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>It is not good to be partial to the wicked</p><p class="line2">and so deprive the innocent of justice.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The lips of fools bring them strife,</p><p class="line2">and their mouths invite a beating.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The mouths of fools are their undoing,</p><p class="line2">and their lips are a snare to their very lives.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;</p><p class="line2">they go down to the inmost parts.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>One who is slack in his work</p><p class="line2">is brother to one who destroys.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The name of the <span class="name">Lord</span> is a fortified tower;</p><p class="line2">the righteous run to it and are safe.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The wealth of the rich is their fortified city;</p><p class="line2">they imagine it a wall too high to scale.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Before a downfall the heart is haughty,</p><p class="line2">but humility comes before honor.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>To answer before listening—</p><p class="line2">that is folly and shame.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The human spirit can endure in sickness,</p><p class="line2">but a crushed spirit who can bear?</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge,</p><p class="line2">for the ears of the wise seek it out.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>A gift opens the way</p><p class="line2">and ushers the giver into the presence of the great.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>In a lawsuit the first to speak seems right,</p><p class="line2">until someone comes forward and cross-examines.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Casting the lot settles disputes</p><p class="line2">and keeps strong opponents apart.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>A brother wronged is more unyielding than a fortified city;</p><p class="line2">disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>From the fruit of their mouth a person’s stomach is filled;</p><p class="line2">with the harvest of their lips they are satisfied.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The tongue has the power of life and death,</p><p class="line2">and those who love it will eat its fruit.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>He who finds a wife finds what is good</p><p class="line2">and receives favor from the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The poor plead for mercy,</p><p class="line2">but the rich answer harshly.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/18-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin,</p><p class="line2">but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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