Proverbs 18:4

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The words of a person's mouth are like deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing stream.

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  • Prov 20:5 : 5 The purposes of a person's heart are deep waters, but a person of understanding draws them out.
  • Prov 10:11 : 11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
  • Prov 13:14 : 14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, helping one turn away from the traps of death.
  • Prov 16:22 : 22 Understanding is a fountain of life to the one who has it, but the discipline of fools is folly.
  • Ps 78:2 : 2 I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter mysteries from ancient times.
  • Matt 12:34 : 34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
  • John 4:14 : 14 But whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
  • John 7:38-39 : 38 'Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.' 39 (He said this about the Spirit, which those who believed in Him were to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.)
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell richly among you, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
  • Col 4:6 : 6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 20:5
    79%

    5The purposes of a person's heart are deep waters, but a person of understanding draws them out.

  • Prov 10:11
    77%

    11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

  • Prov 25:26
    76%

    26Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked.

  • Jas 3:10-11
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    75%

    10Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things should not be this way.

    11Does a spring pour forth both sweet and bitter water from the same opening?

  • Eccl 10:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12The words of a wise person's mouth bring favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.

    13The beginning of a fool's speech is foolishness, and the end of it is evil madness.

  • Prov 5:15-16
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    15Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well.

    16Should your springs be scattered abroad, your streams of water in the public squares?

  • Prov 15:2
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    2The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of fools gushes folly.

  • Prov 16:22-23
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    22Understanding is a fountain of life to the one who has it, but the discipline of fools is folly.

    23The heart of the wise makes his mouth prudent, and his lips promote learning.

  • Prov 18:3
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    3When the wicked comes, contempt also comes, and with dishonor comes shame.

  • Prov 10:31
    73%

    31The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut off.

  • Ps 37:30
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    30The mouth of the righteous person utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

  • Prov 2:6
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    6For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

  • Prov 27:19
    72%

    19As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the person.

  • Prov 15:4
    72%

    4A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

  • Prov 10:19-21
    3 verses
    72%

    19When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but the one who restrains his lips is wise.

    20The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value.

    21The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of sense.

  • Prov 15:23-24
    2 verses
    72%

    23A person finds joy in an apt reply—and how good is a timely word!

    24The path of life leads upward for the prudent, to keep them from descending to the grave.

  • Prov 18:20-21
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    72%

    20From the fruit of a man's mouth, his stomach is filled; he is satisfied with the yield of his lips.

    21Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

  • Prov 12:18
    72%

    18There is one whose rash words are like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

  • Prov 10:14
    71%

    14The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool brings about ruin.

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    6A fool's lips lead to strife, and his mouth invites a beating.

    7The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his soul.

  • Job 28:4
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    4He cuts a shaft far from where people dwell; forgotten by travelers, they dangle and swing to and fro far from humankind.

  • Prov 16:10
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    10A decision is on the lips of a king; his mouth does not betray justice.

  • Prov 15:7
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    7The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the hearts of fools are not upright.

  • Job 38:16
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    16Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep?

  • Song 4:15
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    15You are a spring of gardens, a well of fresh water, flowing streams from Lebanon.

  • Prov 25:11
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    11Like golden apples in silver settings is a word spoken at the right time.

  • Prov 12:14
    70%

    14From the fruit of their lips, people are filled with good things, and the work of their hands brings them reward.

  • Prov 20:15
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    15There is gold and an abundance of jewels, but lips of knowledge are a precious treasure.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3The mouth of a fool brings a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise protect them.

  • Job 26:4
    70%

    4To whom have you uttered words, and whose breath has come from you?

  • Prov 4:5
    70%

    5Acquire wisdom; acquire understanding. Do not forget or turn away from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 17:14
    70%

    14Starting a quarrel is like letting out water; so stop the dispute before it breaks out.

  • Prov 3:20
    70%

    20By His knowledge the depths were divided, and the clouds drop down dew.

  • Matt 15:18
    70%

    18But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these defile a person.

  • Prov 4:24
    70%

    24Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and keep corrupt speech far from you.

  • Prov 22:14
    70%

    14The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit; one who is cursed by the LORD will fall into it.

  • Luke 6:45
    70%

    45A good person brings good things out of the good stored up in their heart, and an evil person brings evil things out of the evil stored up in their heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

  • Ps 49:3
    70%

    3both low and high, rich and poor alike.

  • Job 34:3
    69%

    3For the ear tests words as the tongue tastes food.

  • Eccl 9:17
    69%

    17The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler among fools.

  • Prov 15:28
    69%

    28The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.