Proverbs Chapter 18

• Proverbs 18:1
  Proverbs.
• Proverbs 18:2
  A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.
• Proverbs 18:3
  A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.
• Proverbs 18:4
  When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.
• Proverbs 18:5
  The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
• Proverbs 18:6
  To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
• Proverbs 18:7
  A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.
• Proverbs 18:8
  A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
• Proverbs 18:9
  The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.
• Proverbs 18:10
  One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
• Proverbs 18:11
  The LORD’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
• Proverbs 18:12
  The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.
• Proverbs 18:13
  Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.
• Proverbs 18:14
  He who answers before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.
• Proverbs 18:15
  A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?
• Proverbs 18:16
  The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
• Proverbs 18:17
  A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
• Proverbs 18:18
  He who pleads his cause first seems right— until another comes and questions him.
• Proverbs 18:19
  The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart.
• Proverbs 18:20
  A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.
• Proverbs 18:21
  A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.
• Proverbs 18:22
  Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
• Proverbs 18:23
  Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of the LORD.
• Proverbs 18:24
  The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
• Proverbs 18:25
  A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.