Proverbs 18:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹ He who is estranged seeks pretexts to break out against all sound judgment.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh And intermeddleth with all wisdom.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ 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)

¹ He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, And rageth against all sound wisdom.

Common English Bible

¹ Unfriendly people look out for themselves; they bicker with sensible people.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ 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

¹ He that hath a mind to depart from a friend seeketh occasions: he shall ever be subject to reproach.

Proverbs 18:1 Cross References

Exodus 33:16

For how shall it be known that I have found favor in thy sight, I and thy people? Is it not in thy going with us, so that we are distinct, I and thy people, from all other people that are upon the face of the earth?”

Proverbs 14:10

The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy.

Proverbs 17:14

The beginning of strife is like letting out water; so quit before the quarrel breaks out.

Proverbs 20:19

He who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with one who speaks foolishly.

Proverbs 20:3

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.

Proverbs 24:21

My son, fear the Lord and the king, and do not disobey either of them;

Proverbs 26:17

He who meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.

Proverbs 3:21

My son, keep sound wisdom and discretion; let them not escape from your sight,

Proverbs 8:14

I have counsel and sound wisdom, I have insight, I have strength.

Jeremiah 15:17

I did not sit in the company of merrymakers, nor did I rejoice; I sat alone, because thy hand was upon me, for thou hadst filled me with indignation.

Zechariah 7:3

and to ask the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and the prophets, “Should I mourn and fast in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”

Matthew 13:11

And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

Matthew 13:44

“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

Mark 1:35

And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose and went out to a lonely place, and there he prayed.

Mark 4:11

And he said to them, “To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables;

Romans 1:1

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God

2 Corinthians 6:17

Therefore come out from them, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch nothing unclean; then I will welcome you,

Deuteronomy 14:6

Every animal that parts the hoof and has the hoof cloven in two, and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.

Jude 1:19

It is these who set up divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.