a17:14
bJobe 5:12
c10:19, 13:16; Tshu 10:3
d10:11
e20:5
fHlab 78:2; Joha 7:38; Hlab 145:7
g24:23; Hlab 82:2; Levi 19:15; Dute 10:17
h17:15; Dute 16:18
i19:29
j12:13, 13:3, 10:14; Hlab 59:12, 64:8, 140:9; Tshu 10:12
k26:22
l26:22
m28:24
n3:27, 22:24
oHlab 61:3; 2 Sam 22:3,51; Hlab 18:2, 27:1, 91:2, 144:2
p10:15
q25:11; Hlab 73:7
r29:23
s15:33
tJoha 7:51
u15:13
v8:22
w17:8; Gen 32:20; 1 Sam 25:27; 1 Sam 10:27
xMat 7:5
yIsa 25:2
z12:14
aa12:14
ab21:23, 10:19; Mat 12:37
ac12:4, 19:14, 31:10-31
adGen 2:18
ae8:35
af19:14
agJak 2:3
ah11:15; Isa 24:19
ai11:24
aj27:10

Proverbs 18

1Ozehlukanisayo udinga okuloyisekayo kwakhe; ufohlela a inhlakanipho yonke b.

2Isithutha kasithokozi ekuqedisiseni, kodwa ukuze inhliziyo yaso iziveze c.

3Lapho okhohlakeleyo esiza, kuza lokudelela, njalo kanye lenhloni, ihlazo.

4Amazwi omlomo womuntu d angamanzi azikileyo e; umthombo wenhlakanipho uyisifula esigobhozayo f.

5Kakulunganga ukwemukela ubuso bokhohlakeleyo g, ukuphambula olungileyo kusahlulelo h.

6Indebe zesithutha zingena enkanini, lomlomo waso ubiza imivimvinya i.

7Umlomo wesithutha uyintshabalalo yaso, lendebe zaso zingumjibila womphefumulo waso j.

8Amazwi onyeyayo anjengezibondlo k ezehlela kokungaphakathi kwesisu l.

9Lolivila emsebenzini wakhe ungumfowabo m womchithi n.

10Ibizo leNkosi lingumphotshongo oqinileyo; olungileyo uzagijimela kuwo amiswe phezulu evikelekile o.

11Inotho yesinothi ingumuzi waso oqinileyo p, lanjengomthangala ophakemeyo ekucabangeni kwaso q.

12Mandulo kokubhujiswa inhliziyo yomuntu iyaziphakamisa r, njalo mandulo kodumo kulokuthobeka s.

13Ophendula indaba engakezwa, kuyibuwula kuye, lehlazo t.

14Umoya womuntu uzasekela ukugula kwakhe, kodwa umoya owephukileyo, ngubani ongawuthwala u?

15Inhliziyo yoqedisisayo izuza ulwazi, lendlebe yabahlakaniphileyo idinga ulwazi v.

16Isipho somuntu siyamvulela ngokubanzi, simkhokhelela phambi kwabakhulu w.

17Ongowokuqala ecaleni lakhe ubonakala elungile, kodwa umakhelwane wakhe ufika amhlole x.

18Inkatho iqeda izingxabano, yehlukanise phakathi kwabalamandla.

19Umzalwane owoniweyo wedlula umuzi oqinileyo, lengxabano zinjengomgoqo wenqaba y.

20Isisu somuntu siyasuthiswa z yizithelo zomlomo wakhe, uzasuthiswa yinzuzo yendebe zakhe aa.

21Ukufa lempilo kusesandleni solimi; labaluthandayo bazakudla isithelo salo ab.

22Othole umfazi ac uthole okuhle ad, uzuze umusa ae eNkosini af.

23Umyanga uyakhuluma ngokuncenga, kodwa isinothi siphendula izinto ezilukhuni ag.

24Umuntu wabangane abanengi uzachitheka ah, kodwa kulomngane ai onamathela kuleselamani aj.

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