Proverbs 18

¹A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.†⇄ (6 connections)

²A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.†⇄ (14 connections)

³When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.†⇄ (17 connections)

⁴The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.†⇄ (13 connections)

⁵To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.¶⇄ (2 connections)

⁶A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

⁷A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

⁸The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

⁹One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.†⇄ (13 connections)

¹⁰The LORD’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.†⇄ (14 connections)

¹¹The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

¹²Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.†⇄ (7 connections)

¹³He who answers before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.

¹⁴A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?

¹⁵The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

¹⁶A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

¹⁷He who pleads his cause first seems right— until another comes and questions him.†⇄ (24 connections)

¹⁸The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart.

¹⁹A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.†⇄ (8 connections)

²⁰A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.

²¹Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.†⇄ (12 connections)

²²Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of the LORD.†⇄ (20 connections)

²³The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.†⇄ (2 connections)

²⁴A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.