subject to reproach.

18:2. A fool receiveth not the words of prudence: unless thou say those
things which are in his heart.

18:3. The wicked man, when he is come into the depths of sins,
contemneth: but ignominy and reproach follow him.

18:4. Words from the mouth of a man are as deep water: and the fountain
of wisdom is an overflowing stream.

18:5. It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from
the truth of judgment.

18:6. The lips of a fool intermeddle with strife: and his mouth
provoketh quarrels.

18:7. The mouth of a fool is his destruction: and his lips are the ruin
of his soul.

18:8. The words of the double tongued are as if they were harmless: and
they reach even to the inner parts of the bowels. Fear casteth down the
slothful: and the souls of the effeminate shall be hungry.

18:9. He that is loose and slack in his work, is the brother of him that
wasteth his own works.

18:10. The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the just runneth to it,
and shall be exalted.

18:11. The substance of the rich man is the city of his strength, and as
a strong wall compassing him about.

18:12. Before destruction, the heart of a man is exalted: and before he
be glorified, it is humbled.

18:13. He that answereth before he heareth, sheweth himself to be a
fool, and worthy of confusion.

18:14. The spirit of a man upholdeth his infirmity: but a spirit that is
easily angered, who can bear?

18:15. A wise heart shall acquire knowledge: and the ear of the wise
seeketh instruction.

18:16. A man's gift enlargeth his way, and maketh him room before
princes.

18:17. The just is first accuser of himself: his friend cometh, and
shall search him.

18:18. The lot suppresseth contentions, and determineth even between the
mighty.

18:19. A brother that is helped by his brother, is like a strong city:
and judgments are like the bars of cities.

18:20. Of the fruit of a man's mouth shall his belly be satisfied: and
the offspring of his lips shall fill him.

18:21. Death and life are in the power of the tongue: they that love it,
shall eat the fruits thereof.

18:22. He that hath found a good wife, hath found a good thing, and
shall receive a pleasure from the Lord. He that driveth away a good
wife, driveth away a good thing: but he that keepeth an adulteress, is
foolish and wicked.

18:23. The poor will speak with supplications, and the rich will speak
roughly.

18:24. A man amiable