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Proverbs 18:2-12

2 A fool does not care whether he understands a thing or not; all he wants to do is show how smart he is.

2 Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions.

3 Sin and shame go together. Lose your honor, and you will get scorn in its place.

3 When wickedness comes, so does contempt, and with shame comes reproach.

4 A person's words can be a source of wisdom, deep as the ocean, fresh as a flowing stream.

4 The words of the mouth are deep waters, but the fountain of wisdom is a rushing stream.

5 It is not right to favor the guilty and keep the innocent from receiving justice.

5 It is not good to be partial to the wicked and so deprive the innocent of justice.

6 When some fool starts an argument, he is asking for a beating.

6 The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.

7 When a fool speaks, he is ruining himself; he gets caught in the trap of his own words.

7 The mouths of fools are their undoing, and their lips are a snare to their very lives.

8 Gossip is so tasty - how we love to swallow it!

8 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.

9 A lazy person is as bad as someone who is destructive.

9 One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.

10 The Lord is like a strong tower, where the righteous can go and be safe.

10 The name of the LORD is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

11 Rich people, however, imagine that their wealth protects them like high, strong walls around a city.

11 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale.

12 No one is respected unless he is humble; arrogant people are on the way to ruin.

12 Before a downfall the heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.