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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 WEB</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="../">WEB</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="99%" valign="top">World English Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/kjv/heb/proverbs/18.shtml"> [Par] </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Unfriendly Pursue Selfishness</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment. </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 in revealing his own opinion. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame 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 are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/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> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/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> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/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> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/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> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He who answers before he hears, that is folly and shame to him. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/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> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. 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>He who pleads his cause first seems right— until another comes and questions him. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are 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 stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/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> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/18-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/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><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The World English Bible is a 1997 revision of the American Standard Version of the Holy Bible, first published in 1901. It is in the Public Domain. Please feel free to copy and distribute it freely. 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