These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
BIBLES
King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
Proverbs 18
Tanakh 24 verses
- 1 He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, And snarlest against all sound wisdom.
- 2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, But only that his may lay itself bare.
- 3 When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, And with ignominy reproach.
- 4 The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters; A flowing brook, a fountain of wisdom.
- 5 It is not good to respect the person of the wicked, So as to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
- 6 A fool’s lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for strokes.
- 7 A fool’s mouth is his ruin, And his lips are the snare of his .
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The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Cross references (6)
- 9 Even one that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.
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The of is a strong tower: The righteous runneth into it, and is set up on high.
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2 Samuel 22:3 Isaiah 26:4 Psalm 144:2 Psalm 91:2 1 Samuel 30:6 Psalm 61:3-4 Psalm 18:2 Psalm 27:1 2 Samuel 22:45-47 Exodus 34:5-7 Genesis 32:28-29 Matthew 1:23 Isaiah 9:6 2 Samuel 22:51 Psalm 56:3-4 Jeremiah 23:6 Isaiah 57:15 Genesis 32:11 Genesis 17:1 Exodus 3:13-15 Exodus 6:3 Habakkuk 3:19 Revelation 1:8 Psalm 91:14 - 11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, And as a high wall in his own conceit.
- 12 Before destruction the of a man is haughty, And before goeth humility.
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He that giveth answer before he heareth, It is folly and confusion unto him.
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The of a man will sustain his infirmity; But a broken who can bear?
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Proverbs 15:13 Proverbs 17:22 James 1:2 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 Psalm 147:3 1 Peter 1:6 Romans 5:3-5 Psalm 38:2-4 Job 2:7-10 Job 6:4 Job 10:15-17 Psalm 55:3 Job 1:20-21 2 Corinthians 2:7 Romans 8:35-37 Psalm 109:22 2 Corinthians 1:12 Psalm 77:2-3 Psalm 88:14-16 Psalm 42:10-11 Job 7:14-15 Psalm 55:5 Psalm 30:9-10 Psalm 32:3-4 Mark 14:33-34 - 15 The of the prudent getteth knowledge; And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
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A man’s maketh room for him, And bringeth him before great men.
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He that pleadeth his cause first seemeth just; But his neighbour cometh and searcheth him out.
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The lot causeth strife to cease, And parteth asunder the contentious.
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- 19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city; And their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
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A man’s belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; With the increase of his lips shall he be satisfied.
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- 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that indulge it shall eat the fruit thereof.
- 22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a great good, And obtaineth favour of .
- 23 The poor useth entreaties; But the rich answereth impudently.
- 24 There are friends that one hath to his own hurt; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.