Posted on 09/18/2017 8:47:59 AM PDT by OneVike
Proverb 18 (NKJV)
The Name of the LORD Is a Strong Tower
01 A man who isolates himself seeks his own desire;
00 He rages against all wise judgment.
02 A fool has no delight in understanding,
00 But in expressing his own heart.
03 When the wicked comes, contempt comes also;
00 And with dishonor comes reproach.
04 The words of a man's mouth are deep waters;
00 The wellspring of wisdom is a flowing brook.
05 It is not good to show partiality to the wicked,
00 Or to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
06 A fool's lips enter into contention,
00 And his mouth calls for blows.
07 A fool's mouth is his destruction,
00 And his lips are the snare of his soul.
08 The words of a talebearer are like tasty trifles,
00 And they go down into the inmost body.
09 He who is slothful in his work
00 Is a brother to him who is a great destroyer.
10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower;
00 The righteous run to it and are safe.
11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city,
00 And like a high wall in his own esteem.
12 Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty,
00 And before honor is humility.
13 He who answers a matter before he hears it,
00 It is folly and shame to him.
14 The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness,
00 But who can bear a broken spirit?
15 The heart of the prudent acquires knowledge,
00 And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
16 A man's gift makes room for him,
00 And brings him before great men.
17 The first one to plead his cause seems right,
00 Until his neighbor comes and examines him.
18 Casting lots causes contentions to cease,
00 And keeps the mighty apart.
19 A brother offended is harder to win than a strong city,
00 And contentions are like the bars of a castle.
20 A man's stomach shall be satisfied from the fruit of his mouth;
00 From the produce of his lips he shall be filled.
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
00 And those who love it will eat its fruit.
22 He who finds a wife finds a good thing,
00 And obtains favor from the LORD.
23 The poor man uses entreaties,
00 But the rich answers roughly.
24 A man who has friends must himself be friendly,
00 But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
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God bless everyone and thanks you for giving me the incentive to continue in my studies by sharing the proverbs with you all.
Sometimes Satan can come up with ingenious ways to sidetrack us from what is truly important.
may I ask why you use the NKJV instead of the authorized KJV?
02 A fool has no delight in understanding,
00 But in expressing his own heart.
Could apply to the Emmy presenters last night
The KJV has many errors carried over from the latin Vulgate the authors used to fill in blanks they didn’t have due to lack of ancient transcripts. These errors were errors in the Vulgate also, thus they are verses made up by jerome and then carried over to the OKJ.
One glaring example is the Commandment , “Thou Shall Not Murder” The OKJ says “kill” not “murder”. This error is directly responsible for Christians through the years claiming conscientious objector status and thus against all war.
O hope that helps
For years Christians were taught by the OKJ that God was against killing, yet they could not then explain why he would then tell Moses to kill the enemies of Israel.
There are others that are corrected by newly discovered transcripts and these are the ones corrected in the NKJV and the NASB. The NKJ keeps the poetic flow of the OKJ, but uses modern terminology which is easier to understand for those who get confused with the old English language.
For those who dislike the updated language, I say go read the Greek and Arab transcripts then, because the English language did not exist when Christ walked the earth.
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