LEB PRO chapter 18

LEB PRO Chapter 18

against all sound judgment he shows contempt.
2  but in expressing his heart.[fn]
3  and with dishonor, disgrace.
4 are words of the mouth of a man; a gushing stream is a fountain of wisdom.
5 to faces of evil is not good, nor to subvert the righteous at the judgment.
6  and his mouth calls out for a flogging.
7 is ruin to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.[fn]
8 are like delicious morsels, and they themselves go down to inner parts of the body.
9  he is brother to a master[fn] of destruction.
10  into him[fn] the righteous will run and be safe.
11 is[fn] and like a wall, it is high in his imagination.
12 [fn] of a man will be haughty, but in the presence of honor, humble.
13  folly itself belongs to him as well as[fn] shame.
14 but a broken spirit, who may bear it?
15 [fn] will acquire knowledge, and the ear of the wise will seek knowledge.
16  and before the great, it gives him access.
17 deemed righteous, but his neighbor will come and examine him.
18  and between powerful contenders it will decide.
19 is worse than a city of strength, and quarrels are like the bars of a fortification.
20  as for the yield of his lips, it will satisfy.
21 are in the[fn] of the tongue, and those who love her[fn] will eat of her fruit.
22 [fn] finds good, and he will obtain favor from Yahweh.
23  but the rich will answer roughly.
24 many friends will come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

?:? Or “mind”

?:? Or “life,” or “inner self”

?:? Or “owner”

?:? Or “it”

?:? Literally “a city of his strength”

?:? Or “mind”

?:? Hebrew “and”

?:? Literally “heart”

?:? Literally “hand”

?:? That is, the power of the tongue

?:? Or “woman”