Provérbios 18— comparação

1O homem que se isola busca os seus próprios interesses,

2O tolo não tem prazer no entendimento,

3Quando vem a impiedade, vem também o desprezo,

4As palavras da boca do homem são como águas profundas.

5Não é bom ser parcial com os ímpios,

6Os lábios do tolo entram na contenda,

7A boca do tolo é a sua própria destruição,

8As palavras do fofoqueiro são como petiscos deliciosos:

9Aquele que é negligente no seu trabalho

10O nome do SENHOR é uma torre forte:

11A riqueza do homem rico é a sua cidade fortificada,

12Antes da destruição o coração do homem se exalta,

13Aquele que responde antes de ouvir,

14O espírito do homem o sustentará na doença,

15O coração do prudente adquire o conhecimento.

16O presente do homem abre portas para ele,

17Aquele que apresenta a sua causa primeiro parece ter razão—

18O lançamento de sortes resolve as disputas,

19Um irmão ofendido é mais inacessível do que uma cidade fortificada.

20O estômago do homem se farta do fruto da sua boca.

21A morte e a vida estão no poder da língua;

22Quem encontra uma esposa encontra algo muito bom,

23O pobre suplica por misericórdia,

24O homem de muitos amigos pode ser arruinado,

1A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.

2A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.

3When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.

4The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

5To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

6A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

7A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

8The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

9One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

10Yahweh’s name is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.

11The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

12Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.

13He who answers before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.

14A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?

15The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

16A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

17He who pleads his cause first seems right— until another comes and questions him.

18The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart.

19A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city. Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.

20A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.

21Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

22Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.

23The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.

24A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.