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18:1  In his idleness one meditates on lust and mocks at good instruction.
18:2  A fool does not delight in wisdom because his heart meditates upon madness.
18:3  And when an evil one comes to the depths of evils, madness, dishonor and reproach come upon him.
18:4  The words of a man's mouth are deep waters and the fount of wisdom is a rushing torrent.
18:5  To accept the persons of the evil is not good, neither to pray for judgment upon a righteous one.
18:6  The lips of a fool bring into judgment and his mouth brings him to death.
18:7  The mouth of the fool is ruin to his soul, and by his lips his soul is caught.
18:8  The words of a lazy man cast him into evil, and they lower him to the inner chamber of Sheol.
18:9  And he whose hands are slack in his work is brother of the man who is a destroyer.
18:10  The name of Lord Jehovah Jehovah is a strong tower; the righteous will run to it and be strengthened.
18:11  Honor and wealth are the city of his strength and his dwelling is strengthened by a city wall.
18:12  Before ruin, the heart of a man will be lifted up, and before honor is humility.
18:13  He that gives an answer before he hears is a fool, and is brought to shame.
18:14  The spirit of a man endures his suffering, but who will endure a suffering spirit?
18:15  An ordered heart possesses wisdom, and the ear of the wise listens to knowledge.
18:16  A man's gifts give him room and stand him before the great.
18:17  A man is innocent in his own judgment, and when his neighbor comes, he examines him.
18:18  Lots resolve a dispute and divide between the strong.
18:19  A brother is helped by his brother, like a city by its fortress, and they hold it like the bars of a fortress.
18:20  A man's belly will be filled with the fruit of his mouth, and by the produce of his lips he will be satisfied.
18:21  Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and he that loves it will eat from its fruit.
18:22  He that finds a wife finds a good thing, and receives the will of Lord Jehovah, and he that puts away a good wife puts away good from his house.
18:23  The poor man speaks humbly and the rich man speaks hard things.
18:24  There are friends who are friends, and there is a friend that is closer than a brother.