For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people, unless you go with us? In this way, we shall be distinct, I and your people, from every people on the face of the earth.”
Proverbs 18:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The one who lives alone is self-indulgent, showing contempt for all sound judgment. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh And intermeddleth with all wisdom. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition HE WHO willfully separates and estranges himself [from God and man] seeks his own desire and pretext to break out against all wise and sound judgment. American Standard Version (1901) He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, And rageth against all sound wisdom. Common English Bible Unfriendly people look out for themselves; they bicker with sensible people. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever has a will to withdraw from a friend, seeks occasions; he shall be reproached at all times. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that hath a mind to depart from a friend seeketh occasions: he shall ever be subject to reproach. |
For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people, unless you go with us? In this way, we shall be distinct, I and your people, from every people on the face of the earth.”
The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so stop before the quarrel breaks out.
It is honorable to refrain from strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.
My child, fear the Lord and the king, and do not disobey either of them,
Like someone who takes a passing dog by the ears is one who meddles in the quarrel of another.
My child, do not let these escape from your sight: keep sound wisdom and prudence,
I did not sit in the company of merrymakers, nor did I rejoice; under the weight of your hand I sat alone, for you had filled me with indignation.
and to ask the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and the prophets, “Should I mourn and practice abstinence in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”
He answered, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and reburied; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed.
And he said to them, “To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything comes in parables,
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
Therefore come out from them, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch nothing unclean; then I will welcome you,
Any animal that divides the hoof and has the hoof cleft in two and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.
It is these worldly people, devoid of the Spirit, who are causing divisions.