# Proverbs 18

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###### v1 
A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment. 

###### v2 
A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion. 

###### v3 
When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace. 

###### v4 
The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook. 

###### v5 
To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice. 

###### v6 
A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings. 

###### v7 
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul. 

###### v8 
The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person's innermost parts. 

###### v9 
One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction. 

###### v10 
Yahweh's name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe. 

###### v11 
The rich man's wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination. 

###### v12 
Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility. 

###### v13 
He who answers before he hears, that is folly and shame to him. 

###### v14 
A man's spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear? 

###### v15 
The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge. 

###### v16 
A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men. 

###### v17 
He who pleads his cause first seems right; until another comes and questions him. 

###### v18 
The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart. 

###### v19 
A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress. 

###### v20 
A man's stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied. 

###### v21 
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit. 

###### v22 
Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh. 

###### v23 
The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly. 

###### v24 
A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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