Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
He who keeps himself separate for his private purpose goes against all good sense.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
Holman Bible
he rebels against all sound judgment.
International Standard Version
Whoever isolates himself pursues selfish ends; he resists all sound advice.
A Conservative Version
He who desires to separate himself seeks excuses, and rages against all sound wisdom.
American Standard Version
He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, And rageth against all sound wisdom.
Amplified
He quarrels against all sound wisdom.
Darby Translation
He that separateth himself seeketh his pleasure, he is vehement against all sound wisdom.
Julia Smith Translation
He separating himself will Seek according to desire; he will be irritated with every purpose.
King James 2000
A man, having separated himself, seeks his own desire, and rages against all sound wisdom.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He who is selfish seeks a craving; against all sound judgment he shows contempt.
Modern King James verseion
He that separates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound wisdom.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He accompanieth himself with all steadfast and healthsome doctrine, that hath a desire to it and is sequestered from company.
NET Bible
One who has isolated himself seeks his own desires; he rejects all sound judgment.
New Heart English Bible
An unfriendly man pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.
The Emphasized Bible
A man seeketh, for satisfaction, going his own way, through all safe counsel, he breaketh.
Webster
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
World English Bible
An unfriendly man pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.
Youngs Literal Translation
For an object of desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 18:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
How Fools Live
1 He who keeps himself separate for his private purpose goes against all good sense. 2 A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 2:1-6
My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;
Proverbs 20:3
It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.
Ephesians 5:15-17
Take care then how you are living, not as unwise, but as wise;
Jude 1:19
These are the men who make divisions, natural men, not having the Spirit.
Exodus 33:16
For is not the fact of your going with us the sign that I and this people have grace in your eyes, so that we, that is, I and your people, are separate from all other people on the face of the earth?
Proverbs 14:10
No one has knowledge of a man's grief but himself; and a strange person has no part in his joy.
Proverbs 20:19
He who goes about talking of the business of others gives away secrets: so have nothing to do with him whose lips are open wide.
Proverbs 24:21
My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions:
Zechariah 7:3
And to say to the priests of the house of the Lord of armies and to the prophets, Am I to go on weeping in the fifth month, separating myself as I have done in past years?
Proverbs 17:14
The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.
Proverbs 26:17
He who gets mixed up in a fight which is not his business, is like one who takes a dog by the ears while it is going by.
Isaiah 26:8-9
We have been waiting for you, O Lord; the desire of our soul is for the memory of your name.
Jeremiah 15:17
I did not take my seat among the band of those who are glad, and I had no joy; I kept by myself because of your hand; for you have made me full of wrath.
Matthew 13:11
And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Matthew 13:44
The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field.
Mark 1:35
And in the morning, a long time before daylight, he got up and went out to a quiet place, and there he gave himself up to prayer.
Mark 4:11
And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;
Romans 1:1
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, an Apostle by the selection of God, given authority as a preacher of the good news,
2 Corinthians 6:17
For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself,