Proverb Chapter 18

Prov 18

Proverb of Solomon continues...

1 To separate from those who break out because of their own longings/lust, you should seek after resourcefulness/good tactical judgment (tushiyah):

2 If you are willing to reveal the things in the heart of a fool, it is by discernment/insight.

3 The wicked, because of his disrespect/contempt, will come into shame/infamy (known for bad things) and come into public disgrace:

4 the mouth of a man of wisdom is like deep well and his spoken words are like water gushing out from the stream of an estate.

5 it is a good thing, if the wicked lift up their faces and incline to the verdicts of the Righteous.

6 from the lips of the foolish, comes contention, and by his mouth, he will call out for a beating/heavy attack on himself:

7 from the mouth of a fool is his own destruction, and from his lips is a snare to his own soul:

8 Spoken-words to some-persons by a grumbler/grouchy/grinchy person (joy-killer) (usually) descend into their belly and be with THEM even in their bed-chamber/room.

9 for a Master that his business is slackened, he might have been marred/corrupted before his brethren.

10 like running into a tower which is made lofty/to be safe (sawgab), is the great strength (oz oz) in the Name of Jehovah unto the Righteous.

11 the wealth/fortune of a rich man could be only from the picture/imagery on the protective-high-wall, which is of great strength, made lofty to be safe in the city-capital.

12 before fracture/breach, the heart of a man will soar high/be haughty and before glory is humility:

13 when you listen attentively to spoken words, you will be restored from the shame/insult out of your foolishness.

14 how can an afflicted man, who is lifted up from illness/infirmity by the SPIRIT (of God) - be sustained? It can only be by the same SPIRIT.

15 if a Wise-man that seek after knowledge, that knowledge got through his ears, must have been understood in his heart.

16 A present/gift from Adam would have enlarged him and led him into the presence of the Greatest ONE. 

17 the Righteous will be the first to go into researching, when a contest comes.

18 You will desist to exert yourself (shabat) on matters of law(suit)/judgment over a portion (of property), when you separate yourself from powerful ones. 

19 When a brother with great strength in the Borough/City-capital rebel/transgress, matters of law will be like a latch/lock to a Palace.

20 when a fruit from (farm) produce is in the mouth, - the belly will be satisfied, and so, men should be satisfied by the things from your lips:

21 just like a place of death was through someone who ate a fruit that was in his hand, you can love with things from your tongue unto LIFE.

22 According to the will of Jehovah, you should find a wife, but you should find the one that will furnish/issue out good things.

23 when a Rich man answer fiercely/roughly, it is a Poor man that is rehearsing an earnest-prayer before him.

24 there exist a man that will do evil to his friends, but the one who (actually) love, will stick to him like unto his brother.