Proverbs 18:4

Bishops' Bible (1568)

The wordes of a wyse mans mouth are lyke deepe waters: and the well of wisdome is like a full streame.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:5 : 5 Counsayle in the heart of man is like deepe water: but a man of vnderstanding wyll drawe it out.
  • Prov 10:11 : 11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but the mouth of the vngodly kepeth mischiefe in secrete.
  • Prov 13:14 : 14 The lawe of the wise is a well of life, to auoyde from the snares of death.
  • Prov 16:22 : 22 Vnderstandyng is a well of lyfe vnto hym that hath it: as for the chastenyng of fooles it is but foolishnesse.
  • Ps 78:2 : 2 I wyll open my mouth in a parable: I wyll declare harde sentences of the olde tyme past.
  • Matt 12:34 : 34 O generation of vipers, howe can ye speake good thynges, when ye your selues are euyll? For out of the aboundauce of the heart, the mouth speaketh.
  • John 4:14 : 14 But whosoeuer drynketh of the water that I shall geue hym, shall neuer be more a thyrst: but the water that I shall geue him, shalbe in him a well of water, spryngyng vp into euerlastyng lyfe.
  • John 7:38-39 : 38 He that beleueth on me, as saith the scripture, out of his belly shall flowe ryuers of water of lyfe. 39 (But this spake he of the spirite, which they yt beleue on hym, should receaue. For the holy ghost was not yet there because Iesus was not yet glorified.)
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let the worde of God dwell in you richly in all wisdome, teachyng and admonisshyng your owne selues, in psalmes, and hymmes, and spirituall songes, singyng with grace in your heartes to the Lorde.
  • Col 4:6 : 6 Let your speache be alway in grace, powdered with salt, to knowe howe ye ought to aunswere euery man.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 20:5
    79%

    5Counsayle in the heart of man is like deepe water: but a man of vnderstanding wyll drawe it out.

  • Prov 10:11
    77%

    11The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but the mouth of the vngodly kepeth mischiefe in secrete.

  • Prov 25:26
    76%

    26A righteous man fallyng downe before the vngodly, is like a troubled wel, and a spring that is corrupted.

  • Jas 3:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10Out of one mouth proceadeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these thynges ought not so to be.

    11Doth a fountayne sende foorth at one place, sweete water, and bitter also?

  • Eccl 10:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gratious: but the lippes of a foole wyll destroy him selfe.

    13The beginning of his talking is foolishnesse: & the last worde of his mouth is starke madnesse.

  • Prov 5:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15Drinke of the water of thyne owne well, and of the riuers that runne out of thyne owne spring.

    16Let thy welles flowe out abrode, that there may be riuers of waters in the streates:

  • Prov 15:2
    74%

    2The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght: as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse.

  • Prov 16:22-23
    2 verses
    74%

    22Vnderstandyng is a well of lyfe vnto hym that hath it: as for the chastenyng of fooles it is but foolishnesse.

    23A wyse heart ordereth his mouth wisely, and ministreth learnyng vnto his lippes.

  • Prov 18:3
    74%

    3When the vngodly commeth, then commeth also disdayne: and with the dishonest person commeth shame and dishonour.

  • Prov 10:31
    73%

    31The mouth of the iust wyll be talking of wisdome: but the tongue of the frowarde shall be cut out.

  • Ps 37:30
    73%

    30The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wysdome: and his tongue wyll be talking of iudgement.

  • Prov 2:6
    72%

    6For the Lorde geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandyng.

  • Prov 27:19
    72%

    19Like as in one water there appeare diuers faces: euen so diuers men haue diuers heartes.

  • Prov 15:4
    72%

    4A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe: but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite.

  • Prov 10:19-21
    3 verses
    72%

    19Where much babblyng is, there must needes be offence: and he that refrayneth his lippes, is wyse.

    20The tongue of the iust man is as tried siluer: but the heart of the vngodly is a thyng of naught.

    21The lippes of the ryghteous feede a whole multitude: but fooles shall dye in their owne follie.

  • Prov 15:23-24
    2 verses
    72%

    23A ioyfull thing it is to a man whe his counsayle is folowed: and howe good is a worde spoken in season.

    24The way of lyfe is on hygh to the wise, that a man shoulde beware of hell beneath.

  • Prov 18:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20A mans belly shalbe satisfied with the fruite of his owne mouth, and with the encrease of his lippes shall he be filled.

    21Death and life are in the instrument of the tongue, and they that loue it, shall eate the fruite thereof.

  • Prov 12:18
    72%

    18A slaunderous person pricketh lyke a sworde: but a wise mans tongue is wholsome.

  • Prov 10:14
    71%

    14Wyse men lay vp knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is nye destruction.

  • Prov 18:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6A fooles lippes come with brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto stripes.

    7A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule.

  • Job 28:4
    71%

    4He causeth the fluddes to breake out against the inhabitant, and the waters forgotten of the foote, beyng hygher then man, are gone away.

  • Prov 16:10
    71%

    10When the prophecie is in the lippes of the kyng, his mouth shall not go wrong in iudgement.

  • Prov 15:7
    71%

    7The lippes of the wise do sowe knowledge: but the heart of the foolishe do not so.

  • Job 38:16
    71%

    16Camest thou euer into the grounde of the sea, or walkedst in the lowe corners of the deepe?

  • Song 4:15
    71%

    15a well of gardens, a well of liuing waters which runne downe from Libanus.

  • Prov 25:11
    71%

    11A worde spoken in due season, is lyke apples of golde in a graued worke of siluer.

  • Prov 12:14
    70%

    14Man shalbe satisfied with good thinges: by the fruite of his mouth, and after the workes of his handes shall he be rewarded.

  • Prov 20:15
    70%

    15There is golde, and a multitude of precious stones: but the lippes of knowledge are a precious iewell.

  • Prov 14:3
    70%

    3In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde: but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them.

  • Job 26:4
    70%

    4To whom hast thou spoken these wordes? who made the breath to come out of thy mouth?

  • Prov 4:5
    70%

    5Get thee wysdome, and get thee vnderstanding: forget not the wordes of my mouth, and shrinke not from them.

  • Prov 17:14
    70%

    14The beginning of strife is, as when a man maketh an issue for water: therfore leaue of before the contention be medled with.

  • Prov 3:20
    70%

    20Thorow his knowledge the deapthes are broken vp, and the cloudes droppe downe the deawe.

  • Matt 15:18
    70%

    18But those thynges which proceade out of the mouth, come foorth from the heart, and they defyle the man.

  • Prov 4:24
    70%

    24Put away from thee a frowarde mouth, and let the lippes of slaunder be farre from thee.

  • Prov 22:14
    70%

    14The mouth of straunge women is a deepe pit: wherein he falleth that the Lorde is angrye withall.

  • Luke 6:45
    70%

    45A good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, bringeth foorth that which is good: And an euyll man, out of the euyll treasure of his heart, bryngeth foorth that which is euyll. For of the aboundaunce of the heart, his mouth speaketh.

  • Ps 49:3
    70%

    3My mouth shall vtter wisdome: the cogitations of myne heart wyll bryng foorth knowledge.

  • Job 34:3
    69%

    3For the eare discerneth wordes, and the mouth tasteth the meates.

  • Eccl 9:17
    69%

    17A wyse mans counsayle that is folowed in scilence, is farre aboue the crying of a captaine among fooles.

  • Prov 15:28
    69%

    28The heart of the ryghteous studyeth his aunswere afore: but the wicked mans mouth spueth out mischiefe.