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Proverbs 18:4
Proverbs 18:4 is verse 4 of Proverbs chapter 18, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.
King James Version
The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
World English Bible
The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
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Proverbs 18:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible
2 A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions.
3 With a wicked man comes contempt as well, and shame is accompanied by disgrace.
4 The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.
5 Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.
6 A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Proverbs 13:14The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.
Proverbs 16:22Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
Proverbs 20:5The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.
Matthew 12:34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
John 7:38Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
John 7:39He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
Colossians 4:6Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
Psalms 78:2I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,