Proverbs 18

<h1 class="passage-display"><span style= "font-size: 14pt;"><span class="passage-display-bcv">Proverbs 18</span> <span class="passage-display-version">New Living Translation (NLT)</span></span></h1> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span id="en-NLT-16879" class="text Prov-18-1"><span class= "chapternum">18 </span>Unfriendly people care only about themselves;</span></span><br /> <span class="indent-1"><span class= "indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class= "text Prov-18-1">they lash out at common sense.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-NLT-16880" class= "text Prov-18-2"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>Fools have no interest in understanding;</span><br /> <span class="indent-1"><span class= "indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class= "text Prov-18-2">they only want to air their own opinions.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-NLT-16881" class= "text Prov-18-3"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>Doing wrong leads to disgrace,</span><br /> <span class="indent-1"><span class= "indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class= "text Prov-18-3">and scandalous behavior brings contempt.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-NLT-16882" class= "text Prov-18-4"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>Wise words are like deep waters;</span><br /> <span class="indent-1"><span class= "indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class= "text Prov-18-4">wisdom flows from the wise like a bubbling brook.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-NLT-16883" class= "text Prov-18-5"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>It is not right to acquit the guilty</span><br /> <span class="indent-1"><span class= "indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class= "text Prov-18-5">or deny justice to the innocent.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-NLT-16884" class= "text Prov-18-6"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>Fools’ words get them into constant q