Proverbs 18:1

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The one who lives alone is self-indulgent, showing contempt for all sound judgment.

Cross References

Exodus 33:16

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 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 stop before the quarrel breaks out.

Proverbs 20:19

A gossip reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a babbler.

Proverbs 20:3

It is honorable to refrain from strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.

Proverbs 24:21

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

Proverbs 26:17

Like someone who takes a passing dog by the ears is one who meddles in the quarrel of another.

Proverbs 3:21

My child, do not let these escape from your sight: keep sound wisdom and prudence,

Proverbs 8:14

I have good advice 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; under the weight of your hand I sat alone, for you had 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 practice abstinence in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?”

Matthew 13:11

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.

Matthew 13:44

“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.

Mark 1:35

In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted 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 comes in parables,

Romans 1:1

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, 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

Any animal that divides the hoof and has the hoof cleft in two and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.

Jude 1:19

It is these worldly people, devoid of the Spirit, who are causing divisions.