Proverbs 18:1
<to> + desire1 · ask2 · disperse2 · over + all1 · support3 · (inter-)meddle (with)2
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<to> + desire1 · ask2 · disperse2 · over + all1 · support3 · (inter-)meddle (with)2
no3 · X any at all2 · constellation3 · with + understanding1 · since3 · mother3 · in + revealing itself1 · heart + his1
when + comes1 · guilty3 · abide2 · also3 · Buz3 · and + with1 · disgrace3 · shame2
water3 · dale2 · speak2 · mouth2 · person3 · brook3 · flowing3 · spring3 · wisdom3
rising2 · face2 · guilty3 · no3 · beautiful3 · to + incline1 · just3 · in <the> + judgment1
band2 · constellation3 · abide2 · in + case at law1 · and + mouth + his1 · for + blows1 · bewray (self)2
mouth2 · constellation3 · ruin3 · if (haply)2 · and + lips + his1 · trap2 · grow up2
speak2 · whisperer2 · [are] like + delicacies1 · and + they1 · (come to, make to) have dominion2 · ((bed) inner)chamber2 · belly3
also3 · abate2 · in + service + his1 · chafing dish3 · this4 · to + Baal1 · destruction3
tower2 · strong3 · authority3 · The Lord2 · [is] in <the> + it1 · break down2 · just3 · and + he is set on high1
wealth3 · rich3 · city4 · strength + his1 · and + like + a wall1 · a primitive root2
before3 · hope3 · exalt2 · understanding3 · person3 · and + <to> + before1 · glory3 · humility3
return4 · to speak3 · <in> + before1 · hear2 · folly3 · it2 · if (haply)2 · and + ignominy1
Spirit3 · person3 · (be able to, can) abide2 · sickness + his1 · and + [the] spirit of1 · stricken2 · whoever4 · will he bear + it1
understanding3 · attend2 · attain2 · cunning3 · and + [the] ear of1 · cunning (man)2 · ask2 · cunning3
gift3 · red3 · be an en-(make) large(-ing)2 · if (haply)2 · and + <to> + before1 · + aloud2 · he guided + it1
just3 · the + first1 · in + case at law + his1 · abide2 · and + he will go1 · neighbor + his1 · and + he will examine + him1
brawling2 · (cause to, let, make to) cease2 · the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)5 · and + between1 · mighty2 · disperse2
chafing dish3 · offend2 · from + [the] town of1 · strong3 · and + contentions1 · [are] like + [the] bar of1 · palace2
from + [the] fruit of1 · mouth2 · person3 · have enough2 · belly + his1 · gain2 · lips + his1 · have enough2
death3 · and + life1 · for6 · tongue3 · and + [those who] love + it1 · X at all2 · bear2
befall3 · wife3 · befall3 · beautiful3 · and + he obtained1 · desire3 · for + Yahweh1
intreaty2 · answer2 · cast out2 · and + a rich [person]1 · owl3 · fierce2
person3 · bad2 · [is] to + be broken1 · and + there1 · friend2 · joint3 · of + brothers1
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