Proverbs 18:1-9

¹He that separateth himself from God seeketh his own desires: at every sound wisdom is he enraged.

²A fool hath no delight in understanding, but in laying open what is in his heart.

³When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with dishonorable acts, disgrace.

⁴Like deep waters are the words of a wise man's mouth, and a bubbling brook is the well-spring of wisdom.

⁵It is not good to favor the person of the wicked, to wrest the cause of the righteous in judgment.

⁶The lips of the fool come with contention, and his mouth calleth for blows.

⁷The mouth of the fool is a destruction to himself, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

⁸The words of a whisperer are as wounds, and they go down indeed into the innermost parts of the body.

⁹He also that showeth himself slothful in his work is a brother to the destroyer.