Proverbs 18:9-Proverbs 19:12 - How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness
9 He also that is negligent in his work is brother to him that is the great spendthrift.
10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous shall run into it, and be raised up.
11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city and as a high wall in his imagination.
12 Before being broken, the heart of man is haughty, and before coming into honour, comes being brought to humility.
13 For him that answers a word before he hears, it is folly and reproach unto him.
14 The spirit of man will bear his infirmity, but a broken spirit who can bear?
15 The heart of the man of understanding acquires wisdom, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
16 A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men.
17 The one who is just is first in his cause, his adversary comes and seeks him out.
18 The lot causes contentions to cease and decides between the mighty.
19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city, and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
20 A man's belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth, and with the product of his lips shall he be filled.
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those that love it shall eat its fruit.
22 Whosoever found a wife found a good thing and has attained the favour of the LORD.
23 The poor uses intreaties, but the rich answer roughly.
24 The man that has friends must show himself to be a friend, and there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.
1 Better is the poor that walks in his integrity than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
2 That the soul be without wisdom is not good, and he that hastens with his feet sins.
3 The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart is wroth against the LORD.
4 Wealth makes many friends, but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
5 A false witness shall not go unpunished, and he that speaks lies shall not escape.
6 Many will intreat the favour of the prince, but every man is a friend to him that gives.
7 All the brethren of the poor hate him; how much more shall his friends separate themselves from him? He shall seek their friendship and not find it.
8 He that gets wisdom loves his own soul; he keeps intelligence that he might find that which is good.
9 The false witness shall not go unpunished, and he that speaks lies shall perish.
10 Delight is not suitable for a fool; much less for a slave to have rule over princes.
11 The discretion of a man defers his anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion, but his favour is as dew upon the grass.