Proverbs 18
1 to/for desire to seek to separate in/on/with all wisdom to quarrel
An unfriendly man pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.
2 not to delight in fool in/on/with understanding that if: except if: except in/on/with to reveal: reveal heart his
A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.
3 in/on/with to come (in): come wicked to come (in): come also contempt and with dishonor reproach
When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.
4 water deep word lip man torrent: river to bubble fountain wisdom
The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
5 to lift: kindness face: kindness wicked not pleasant to/for to stretch righteous in/on/with justice
To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
6 lips fool to come (in): come in/on/with strife and lip his to/for blow to call: call to
A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.
7 lip fool terror to/for him and lips his snare soul his
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
8 word to grumble like/as to swallow and they(masc.) to go down chamber belly: body
The words of a gossip are like tasty morsels, and they go down into a person's innermost parts.
9 also to slacken in/on/with work his brother: male-sibling he/she/it to/for master: [master of] destruction
One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
10 tower strength name LORD in/on/with him to run: run righteous and to exalt
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run into it and are safe.
11 substance rich town strength his and like/as wall to exalt in/on/with figure his
The rich man's wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.
12 to/for face: before breaking to exult heart man and to/for face: before glory humility
Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.
13 to return: reply word: speaking in/on/with before to hear: hear folly he/she/it to/for him and shame
He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.
14 spirit man to sustain sickness his and spirit stricken who? to lift: bear her
A man's spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?
15 heart to understand to buy knowledge and ear wise to seek knowledge
The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
16 gift man to enlarge to/for him and to/for face: before great: large to lead him
A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
17 righteous [the] first in/on/with strife his (and to come (in): come *Q(K)*) neighbor his and to search him
He who pleads his cause first seems right; until another comes and questions him.
18 contention to cease [the] allotted and between mighty to separate
The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart.
19 brother: male-sibling to transgress from town strength (and contention *Q(K)*) like/as bar citadel: fortress
A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; and disputes are like the bars of a fortress.
20 from fruit lip man to satisfy belly: abdomen his produce lips his to satisfy
A man's stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.
21 death and life in/on/with hand: power tongue and to love: lover her to eat fruit her
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
22 to find woman: wife to find good and to promote acceptance from LORD
Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of the LORD.
23 supplication to speak: speak be poor and rich to answer strong
The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
24 man neighbor to/for to shatter and there to love: friend cleaving from brother: male-sibling
A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
