When the wicked cometh, then cometh [a]contempt, and with the vile man reproach.

The words of a man’s mouth are like deep [b]waters, and the wellspring of wisdom is like a flowing river.

It is not good to [c]accept the person of the wicked, to cause the righteous to fall in judgment.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:3 Meaning, such one as contemneth all others.
  2. Proverbs 18:4 Which can never be drawn empty, but bring ever profit.
  3. Proverbs 18:5 That is, to favor him and support him.

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