Parallel Bible results for "Proverbs 18:4-14"

Proverbs 18:4-14

4 aqua profunda verba ex ore viri et torrens redundans fons sapientiae

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

5 accipere personam impii non est bonum ut declines a veritate iudicii

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

6 labia stulti inmiscunt se rixis et os eius iurgia provocat

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

7 os stulti contritio eius et labia illius ruina animae eius

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

8 verba bilinguis quasi simplicia et ipsa perveniunt usque ad interiora ventris

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

9 qui mollis et dissolutus est in opere suo frater est sua opera dissipantis

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

10 turris fortissima nomen Domini ad ipsum currit iustus et exaltabitur

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

11 substantia divitis urbs roboris eius et quasi murus validus circumdans eum

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

12 antequam conteratur exaltatur cor hominis et antequam glorificetur humiliatur

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

13 qui prius respondit quam audiat stultum se esse demonstrat et confusione dignum

13 To answer before listening— that is folly and shame.

14 spiritus viri sustentat inbecillitatem suam spiritum vero ad irascendum facilem quis poterit sustinere

14 The human spirit can endure in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?

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