1898 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
Proverbs 18
1 From this chapter to the five and twentieth are sundry observations of moral virtues, and their contrary vices.
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18:1 ¶
For [an object of] desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth.
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18:2
A fool delighteth not in understanding, Butin uncovering his heart.
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18:3
With the coming of the wicked come also hath contempt, And with shamereproach.
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18:4
Deep waters [are] the words of a man's mouth, The fountain of wisdom [is] a flowing brook.
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18:5
Acceptance of the face of the wicked [is] not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.
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18:6
The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.
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18:7
The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him, And his lips [are] the snare of his soul.
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18:8
The words of a tale-bearer [are] as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down [to] the inner parts of the heart.
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18:9
He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he [is] to a destroyer.
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18:10
A tower of strength [is] the name of Jehovah, Into it the righteous runneth, and is set on high.
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18:11
The wealth of the rich [is] the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.
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18:12
Before destruction the heart of man is high, And before honour [is] humility.
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18:13
Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.
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18:14
The spirit of a man sustaineth his sickness, And a smitten spirit who doth bear?
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18:15
The heart of the intelligent getteth knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
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18:16
The gift of a man maketh room for him, And before the great it leadeth him.
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18:17
Righteous [is] the first in his own cause, His neighbour cometh and hath searched him.
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18:18
The lot causeth contentions to cease, And between the mighty it separateth.
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18:19
A brother transgressed against is as a strong city, And contentions as the bar of a palace.
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18:20
From the fruit of a man's mouth is his belly satisfied, [From the] increase of his lips he is satisfied.
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18:21
Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.
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18:22
[Whoso] hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.
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18:23
[With] supplications doth the poor speak, And the rich answereth fierce things.
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18:24
A man with friends [is] to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!