Proverbs 18:1

Bible in Basic English 1965

He who keeps himself separate for his private purpose goes against all good sense.

Cross References

Exodus 33:16

For is not the fact of your going with us the sign that I and this people have grace in your eyes, so that we, that is, I and your people, are separate from all other people on the face of the earth?

Proverbs 14:10

No one has knowledge of a man's grief but himself; and a strange person has no part in his joy.

Proverbs 17:14

The start of fighting is like the letting out of water: so give up before it comes to blows.

Proverbs 20:19

He who goes about talking of the business of others gives away secrets: so have nothing to do with him whose lips are open wide.

Proverbs 20:3

It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.

Proverbs 24:21

My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions:

Proverbs 26:17

He who gets mixed up in a fight which is not his business, is like one who takes a dog by the ears while it is going by.

Proverbs 3:21

My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

Proverbs 8:14

Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine.

Jeremiah 15:17

I did not take my seat among the band of those who are glad, and I had no joy; I kept by myself because of your hand; for you have made me full of wrath.

Zechariah 7:3

And to say to the priests of the house of the Lord of armies and to the prophets, Am I to go on weeping in the fifth month, separating myself as I have done in past years?

Matthew 13:11

And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

Matthew 13:44

The kingdom of heaven is like a secret store of wealth in a field, which a man came across and put back again; and in his joy he goes and gives all he has, to get that field.

Mark 1:35

And in the morning, a long time before daylight, he got up and went out to a quiet place, and there he gave himself up to prayer.

Mark 4:11

And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories;

Romans 1:1

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, an Apostle by the selection of God, given authority as a preacher of the good news,

2 Corinthians 6:17

For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself,

Deuteronomy 14:6

Any beast which has a division in the horn of its foot and whose food comes back into its mouth to be crushed again, may be used for food.

Jude 1:19

These are the men who make divisions, natural men, not having the Spirit.