Proverbs 18:4

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ The words of a man's mouth [are as] deep waters, [and] the wellspring of wisdom [as] a flowing brook.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:5 : 5 ¶ Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
  • Prov 10:11 : 11 ¶ The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
  • Prov 13:14 : 14 ¶ The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
  • Prov 16:22 : 22 ¶ Understanding [is] a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools [is] folly.
  • Ps 78:2 : 2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
  • Matt 12:34 : 34 ‹O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.›
  • John 4:14 : 14 ‹But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.›
  • John 7:38-39 : 38 ‹He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.› 39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet [given]; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
  • Col 4:6 : 6 Let your speech [be] alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 20:5
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    5¶ Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

  • Prov 10:11
    77%

    11¶ The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

  • Prov 25:26
    76%

    26¶ A righteous man falling down before the wicked [is as] a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

  • Jas 3:10-11
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    10Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

    11Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet [water] and bitter?

  • Eccl 10:12-13
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    75%

    12¶ The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

    13The beginning of the words of his mouth [is] foolishness: and the end of his talk [is] mischievous madness.

  • Prov 5:15-16
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    15¶ Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

    16Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, [and] rivers of waters in the streets.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2¶ The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

  • Prov 16:22-23
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    22¶ Understanding [is] a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools [is] folly.

    23¶ The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.

  • Prov 18:3
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    3¶ When the wicked cometh, [then] cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.

  • Prov 10:31
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    31¶ The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

  • Ps 37:30
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    30The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

  • Prov 2:6
    72%

    6For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.

  • Prov 27:19
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    19¶ As in water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man to man.

  • Prov 15:4
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    4¶ A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but perverseness therein [is] a breach in the spirit.

  • Prov 10:19-21
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    72%

    19¶ In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.

    20¶ The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the heart of the wicked [is] little worth.

    21The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

  • Prov 15:23-24
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    72%

    23¶ A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word [spoken] in due season, how good [is it]!

    24¶ The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

  • Prov 18:20-21
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    20¶ A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; [and] with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

    21¶ Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

  • Prov 12:18
    72%

    18¶ There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.

  • Prov 10:14
    71%

    14¶ Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    6¶ A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

    7A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of his soul.

  • Job 28:4
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    4The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; [even the waters] forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.

  • Prov 16:10
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    10¶ A divine sentence [is] in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.

  • Prov 15:7
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    7¶ The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so.

  • Job 38:16
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    16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

  • Song 4:15
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    15¶ A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

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    11¶ A word fitly spoken [is like] apples of gold in pictures of silver.

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    70%

    14¶ A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of [his] mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

  • Prov 20:15
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    15¶ There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3¶ In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

  • Job 26:4
    70%

    4To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

  • Prov 4:5
    70%

    5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 17:14
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    14¶ The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

  • Prov 3:20
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    20By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

  • Matt 15:18
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    18‹But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.›

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    24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

  • Prov 22:14
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    14¶ The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

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    45‹A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.›

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    3My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart [shall be] of understanding.

  • Job 34:3
    69%

    3For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.

  • Eccl 9:17
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    17The words of wise [men are] heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

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    28¶ The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.