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Proverbs 18

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1 An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends and against all sound judgment starts quarrels.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15 The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, for the ears of the wise seek it out.

16 A gift opens the way and ushers the giver into the presence of the great.

17 In a lawsuit the first to speak seems right, until someone comes forward and cross-examines.

18 Casting the lot settles disputes and keeps strong opponents apart.

19 A brother wronged is more unyielding than a fortified city; disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel.

20 From the fruit of their mouth a person’s stomach is filled; with the harvest of their lips they are satisfied.

21 The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

22 He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD.

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

24 One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

The Latin Vulgate VUL

1 occasiones quaerit qui vult recedere ab amico omni tempore erit exprobrabilis

2 non recipit stultus verba prudentiae nisi ea dixeris quae versantur in corde eius

3 impius cum in profundum venerit peccatorum contemnit sed sequitur eum ignominia et obprobrium

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

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

6 labia stulti inmiscunt se rixis et os eius iurgia provocat

7 os stulti contritio eius et labia illius ruina animae eius

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

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

10 turris fortissima nomen Domini ad ipsum currit iustus et exaltabitur

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

12 antequam conteratur exaltatur cor hominis et antequam glorificetur humiliatur

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

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

15 cor prudens possidebit scientiam et auris sapientium quaerit doctrinam

16 donum hominis dilatat viam eius et ante principes spatium ei facit

17 iustus prior est accusator sui venit amicus eius et investigavit eum

18 contradictiones conprimit sors et inter potentes quoque diiudicat

19 frater qui adiuvatur a fratre quasi civitas firma et iudicia quasi vectes urbium

20 de fructu oris viri replebitur venter eius et genimina labiorum illius saturabunt eum

21 mors et vita in manu linguae qui diligunt eam comedent fructus eius

22 qui invenit mulierem invenit bonum et hauriet iucunditatem a Domino

23 cum obsecrationibus loquetur pauper et dives effabitur rigide

24 vir amicalis ad societatem magis amicus erit quam frater