Proverbs 18:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 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 covers 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 to him who has 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 you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
  • John 4:14 : 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
  • John 7:38-39 : 38 He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water. 39 But this he spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because 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 always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 20:5
    79%

    5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.

  • Prov 10:11
    77%

    11The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

  • Prov 25:26
    76%

    26A righteous man who falters before the wicked is like a troubled fountain and a corrupt spring.

  • Jas 3:10-11
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    75%

    10Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

    11Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening?

  • Eccl 10:12-13
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    75%

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

    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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    15Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.

    16Let your fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of water in the streets.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2The tongue of the wise uses knowledge appropriately, but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.

  • Prov 16:22-23
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    22Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.

    23The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

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

  • Prov 10:31
    73%

    31The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.

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

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

  • Prov 27:19
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    19As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man mirrors man.

  • Prov 15:4
    72%

    4A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it is a break in the spirit.

  • Prov 10:19-21
    3 verses
    72%

    19In the multitude of words, there is no lack of sin, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

    20The tongue of the just is as choice silver, the heart of the wicked is of little worth.

    21The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.

  • Prov 15:23-24
    2 verses
    72%

    23A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, and a word spoken in due season, how good it is!

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

  • Prov 18:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20A man's stomach will be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; he will be filled with the produce 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 are those who speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

  • Prov 10:14
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    14Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

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

    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 breaks out from the dweller; even the waters forgotten by the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from mankind.

  • Prov 16:10
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    10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; his mouth does not transgress in judgment.

  • Prov 15:7
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    7The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the heart of the foolish does not.

  • Job 38:16
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    16Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?

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

  • Prov 25:11
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    11A word spoken at the right time is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

  • Prov 12:14
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    14A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the recompense of a man's hands will be rendered to him.

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

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

  • Job 26:4
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    4To whom have you uttered words? And whose spirit came from you?

  • Prov 4:5
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    5Get wisdom, get understanding: do not forget it; neither turn away from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 17:14
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    14The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water, therefore leave off contention before it is 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
    70%

    18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart; and they defile a man.

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and put perverse lips far from you.

  • Prov 22:14
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    14The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit; he who is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

  • Luke 6:45
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    45A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

  • Ps 49:3
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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 tries words as the mouth tastes food.

  • Eccl 9:17
    69%

    17The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that rules among fools.

  • Prov 15:28
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    28The heart of the righteous studies how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.