Proverbs 18:1
Strong's Lexicon
He who isolates himself
נִפְרָ֑ד (nip̄·rāḏ)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6504: 1) to separate, divide 1a) (Qal) to divide 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to divide, separate 1b2) to be divided, be separated 1c) (Piel) to be separated 1d) (Pual) to be divided 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to divide, separate 1e2) to make a division, make a separation 1f) (Hithpael) to be divided, be separated, get separated

pursues
יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ (yə·ḇaq·qêš)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1245: 1) to seek, require, desire, exact, request 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to seek to find 1a2) to seek to secure 1a3) to seek the face 1a4) to desire, demand 1a5) to require, exact 1a6) to ask, request 1b) (Pual) to be sought

selfish desires;
לְֽ֭תַאֲוָה (lə·ṯa·’ă·wāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8378: 1) desire 1a) desire, wish, longings of one's heart 1a1) lust, appetite, covetousness (bad sense) 1b) thing desired, object of desire

he rebels
יִתְגַּלָּֽע׃ (yiṯ·gal·lā‘)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1566: 1) to expose, lay bare 1a) (Hithpael) 1a1) to disclose oneself, break out 1a2) to break out (in contention)

against all
בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything

sound judgment.
תּ֝וּשִׁיָּ֗ה (tū·šî·yāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8454: 1) wisdom, sound knowledge, success, sound or efficient wisdom, abiding success 1a) sound or efficient wisdom 1b) abiding success (of the effect of sound wisdom)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.

Young's Literal Translation
For [an object of] desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
One who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.

New American Standard Bible
He who separates himself seeks [his own] desire, He quarrels against all sound wisdom.

King James Bible
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh [and] intermeddleth with all wisdom.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends and against all sound judgment starts quarrels.

New Living Translation
Unfriendly people care only about themselves; they lash out at common sense.

English Standard Version
Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire; he breaks out against all sound judgment.

New American Standard Bible
He who separates himself seeks his own desire, He quarrels against all sound wisdom.

King James Bible
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
One who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.

International Standard Version
Whoever isolates himself pursues selfish ends; he resists all sound advice.

NET Bible
One who has isolated himself seeks his own desires; he rejects all sound judgment.

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

English Revised Version
He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, and rageth against all sound wisdom.

Young's Literal Translation
For an object of desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth.
















Cross References
Proverbs 3:21
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

Proverbs 8:14
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 17:28
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

Proverbs 17:27
He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

Proverbs 17:26
Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.

Proverbs 18:2
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

Proverbs 18:3
When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.

Proverbs 18:4
The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
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