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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"><title>Proverbs 18 Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</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> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="../">HPBT</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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="99%" valign="top">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/18-1.htm#aramaic" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/18-1.htm#aramaic"><b>1</b></a></span>In his idleness one meditates on lust and mocks at good instruction.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/18-2.htm#aramaic"><b>2</b></a></span>A fool does not delight in wisdom because his heart meditates upon madness.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/18-3.htm#aramaic"><b>3</b></a></span>And when an evil one comes to the depths of evils, madness, dishonor and reproach come upon him.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/18-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>The words of a man's mouth are deep waters and the fount of wisdom is a rushing torrent.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/18-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>To accept the persons of the evil is not good, neither to pray for judgment upon a righteous one.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/18-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>The lips of a fool bring into judgment and his mouth brings him to death.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/18-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>The mouth of the fool is ruin to his soul, and by his lips his soul is caught.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/18-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>The words of a lazy man cast him into evil, and they lower him to the inner chamber of Sheol.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/18-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>And he whose hands are slack in his work is brother of the man who is a destroyer.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/18-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>The name of LORD JEHOVAH is a strong tower; the righteous will run to it and be strengthened.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/18-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>Honor and wealth are the city of his strength and his dwelling is strengthened by a city wall.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/18-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>Before ruin, the heart of a man will be lifted up, and before honor is humility.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/18-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>He that gives an answer before he hears is a fool, and is brought to shame.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/18-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>The spirit of a man endures his suffering, but who will endure a suffering spirit?<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/18-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>An ordered heart possesses wisdom, and the ear of the wise listens to knowledge.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/18-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>A man's gifts give him room and stand him before the great.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/18-17.htm#aramaic"><b>17</b></a></span>A man is innocent in his own judgment, and when his neighbor comes, he examines him.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/18-18.htm#aramaic"><b>18</b></a></span>Lots resolve a dispute and divide between the strong.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/18-19.htm#aramaic"><b>19</b></a></span>A brother is helped by his brother, like a city by its fortress, and they hold it like the bars of a fortress.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/18-20.htm#aramaic"><b>20</b></a></span>A man's belly will be filled with the fruit of his mouth, and by the produce of his lips he will be satisfied.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/18-21.htm#aramaic"><b>21</b></a></span>Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and he that loves it will eat from its fruit.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/18-22.htm#aramaic"><b>22</b></a></span>He that finds a good wife finds a good thing, and receives the will of LORD JEHOVAH, and he that puts away a good wife puts away good from his house.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/18-23.htm#aramaic"><b>23</b></a></span>The poor man speaks humbly and the rich man speaks hard things.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/18-24.htm#aramaic"><b>24</b></a></span>There are friends who are friends, and there is a friend that is closer than a brother. <p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Peshitta Holy Bible Translated<br>Translated by Glenn David Bauscher<br>Glenn David Bauscher<br>Lulu Publishing<br>Copyright © 2018 Lulu Publishing<br>3rd edition Copyright © 2019<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></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><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>