Proverbs 18:4-15

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.

Cross References

• 1. S Psalms 18:16
• 2. Leviticus 19:15; Proverbs 24:23-25; Proverbs 28:21
• 3. S Psalms 82:2; S Proverbs 17:15
• 4. S Proverbs 10:14
• 5. Psalms 140:9
• 6. S Psalms 64:8; S Proverbs 10:14; S Proverbs 12:13; S Proverbs 13:3; Ecclesiastes 10:12
• 7. Proverbs 26:22
• 8. Proverbs 28:24
• 9. 2 Samuel 22:3; S Psalms 61:3
• 10. S Psalms 20:1; Proverbs 14:26
• 11. Proverbs 10:15
• 12. S Proverbs 11:2; Proverbs 15:33; S Proverbs 16:18
• 13. Proverbs 20:25; John 7:51
• 14. S Proverbs 15:13; S Proverbs 17:22
• 15. S Proverbs 15:14