Proverbs · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Proverbs 18 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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1 He that hath a mind to depart from a friend seeketh occasions: he shall ever be subject to reproach.
1 A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.
2 A fool receiveth not the words of prudence: unless thou say those things which are in his heart.
2 A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.
3 The wicked man when he is come into the depth of sins, contemneth: but ignominy and reproach follow him.
3 When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.
4 Words from the mouth of a men are as deep water: and the fountain of wisdom as an overflowing stream.
4 The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from the truth of judgment.
5 To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
6 The lips of a fool intermeddle with strife: and his mouth provoketh quarrels.
6 A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.
7 The mouth of a fool is his destruction: and his lips are the ruin of his soul.
7 A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
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.
8 The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.
9 He that is loose and slack in his work, is the brother of him that wasteth his own works.
9 One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.
10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the just runneth to it, and shall be exalted.
10 Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
11 The substance of the rich man is the city of his strength, and as a strong wall compassing him about.
11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.
12 Before destruction, the heart of a man is exalted: and before he be glorified, it is humbled.
12 Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.
13 He that answereth before he heareth sheweth himself to be a fool, and worthy of confusion.
13 He who answers before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.
14 The spirit of a man upholdeth his infirmity: but a spirit that is easily angered, who can bear?
14 A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?
15 A wise heart shall acquire knowledge: and the ear of the wise seeketh instruction.
15 The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
16 A man’s gift enlargeth his may, and maketh him room before princes.
16 A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
17 The just is first accuser of himself: his friend cometh, and shall search him.
17 He who pleads his cause first seems right— until another comes and questions him.
18 The lot suppresseth contentions, and determineth even between the mighty.
18 The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart.
19 A brother that is helped by his brother, is like a strong city: and judgments are like the bars of cities.
19 A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.
20 Of the fruit of a man’s mouth shall his belly be satisfied: and the offspring of his lips shall fill him.
20 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 are in the power of the tongue: they that love it, shall eat the fruits thereof.
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
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.
22 Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.
23 The poor will speak with supplications, and the rich will speak roughly.
23 The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.
24 A man amiable in society, shall be more friendly than a brother.
24 A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ephesians 5:15–17; Proverbs 20:3; Proverbs 2:1–6; Jeremiah 15:17; Proverbs 24:21
- 2 Proverbs 1:7; Proverbs 12:23; Psalm 1:1–2; Proverbs 17:16; Proverbs 13:16
- 3 Proverbs 22:10; 1 Peter 4:14; Proverbs 11:2; 1 Peter 4:4; Proverbs 29:16
- 4 Proverbs 20:5; Proverbs 10:11; Colossians 4:6; John 4:14; Proverbs 13:14
- 5 Leviticus 19:15; Deuteronomy 16:19; Proverbs 28:21; Psalm 82:2; Proverbs 17:15
- 6 Proverbs 27:3; Proverbs 16:27–28; Proverbs 22:24–25; Proverbs 19:29; Proverbs 25:24
- 7 Proverbs 13:3; Proverbs 12:13; Proverbs 10:14; Psalm 64:8; Psalm 140:9
- 8 Proverbs 12:18; Leviticus 19:16; Proverbs 16:28; Proverbs 26:20–22; Psalm 64:3–4
- 9 Proverbs 10:4; Hebrews 6:12; Proverbs 24:30–34; Romans 12:11; Proverbs 23:20–21
- 10 2 Samuel 22:3; Isaiah 26:4; Psalm 91:2; Psalm 144:2; Psalm 61:3–4
- 11 Proverbs 10:15; Ecclesiastes 7:12; Psalm 52:5–7; Luke 12:19–21; Psalm 49:6–9
- 12 Proverbs 15:33; 1 Peter 5:5; Proverbs 11:2; Proverbs 16:18; Ezekiel 28:2
- 13 John 7:51; Deuteronomy 13:14; Proverbs 20:25; Job 29:16
- 14 Proverbs 15:13; Proverbs 17:22; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10; 1 Peter 1:6; Psalm 147:3
- 15 James 1:5; Proverbs 15:14; Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 9:9; Luke 10:39
- 16 Proverbs 19:6; Genesis 43:11; Genesis 33:10; 1 Samuel 25:27; Proverbs 17:8
- 17 Proverbs 18:13
- 18 Proverbs 16:33; Nehemiah 11:1; 1 Samuel 10:21–27; 1 Chronicles 24:31; 1 Samuel 14:42
- 19 Proverbs 16:32; Acts 15:39; Proverbs 6:19; Genesis 37:3–5; 1 Kings 12:16
- 20 Proverbs 25:11–12; Proverbs 12:13–14; Proverbs 13:2; Proverbs 22:18
- 21 Ephesians 4:29; Matthew 12:35–37; Colossians 4:6; Proverbs 10:19–21; James 3:6–9
- 22 Proverbs 19:14; Proverbs 31:10–31; Proverbs 12:4; Ecclesiastes 9:9; 1 Corinthians 7:2
- 23 James 2:3; James 1:9–11; Exodus 5:2; James 2:6; 1 Samuel 25:17
- 24 Proverbs 17:17; John 15:13–15; Proverbs 27:9; 2 Samuel 1:26; 1 Samuel 19:4–5
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
For that is true which is written, "Pride goeth before destruction, and before honor is humility;" that is to say, secret ruin precedes open ruin, while the former is not counted ruin.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Defile it not therefore, lest to thee also He say, "Though ye make many prayers, I will not hearken." Yea, and "in the power of the tongue are death and life;" and, "By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned." I bid thee then watch thy tongue more than the apple of thine …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
The hand of God he hath called the power of God: as hath been written in another place, "death and life are in the hands of the tongue." Hath the tongue hands?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)