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| The Book of Proverbs 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| The Douay-Rheims Version Online Bible (DRV) | ||||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 18:1 | He that hath a mind to depart from a friend seeketh occasions: he shall ever be subject to reproach. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 18:2 | A fool receiveth not the words of prudence: unless thou say those things which are in his heart. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 18:3 | The wicked man when he is come into the depth of sine, contemneth: but ignominy and reproach follow him. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 18:4 | Words from the mouth of a men are as deep water: and the fountain of wisdom as an overflowing stream. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 18:5 | It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from the truth of judgment. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 18:6 | The lips of a fool intermeddle with strife: and his mouth provoketh quarrels. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 18:7 | The mouth of a fool is his destruction: and his lips are the ruin of his soul. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 18:8 | The words of the double tongued are as if they were harmless: and they reach even to the inner parts of the bowels. Fear casteth down the slothful: and the souls of the effeminate shall be hungry. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 18:9 | He that is loose and slack in his work, is the brother of him that wasteth his own works. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 18:10 | The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the just runneth to it, and shall be exalted. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 18:11 | The substance of the rich man is the city of his strength, and as a strong wall compassing him about. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 18:12 | Before destruction, the heart of a man is exalted: and before he be glorified, it is humbled. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 18:13 | He that answereth before he heareth sheweth himself to be a fool, and worthy of confusion. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 18:14 | The spirit of a man upholdeth his infirmity: but a spirit that is easily angered, who can bear? | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 18:15 | A wise heart shall acquire knowledge: and the ear of the wise seeketh instruction. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 18:16 | A man's gift enlargeth his may, and maketh him room before princes. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 18:17 | The just is first accuser of himself: his friend cometh, and shall search him. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 18:18 | The lot suppresseth contentions, and determineth even between the mighty. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 18:19 | A brother that is helped by his brother, is like a strong city: and judgments are like the bars of cities. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 18:20 | Of the fruit of a man's mouth shall his belly be satisfied: and the offspring of his lips shall fill him. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 18:21 | Death and life are in the power of the tongue: they that love it, shall eat the fruits thereof. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 18:22 | He that hath found a good wife, hath found a good thing, and shall receive a pleasure from the Lord. He that driveth away a good wife, driveth away a good thing: but he that keepeth an adulteress, is foolish and wicked. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 18:23 | The poor will speak with supplications, and the rich will speak roughly. | |||||||||||||||
| Proverbs 18:24 | A man amiable in society, shall be more friendly than a brother. | |||||||||||||||
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