Proverbs 18:4

World English Bible (2000)

The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like 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 the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
  • Prov 13:14 : 14 The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.
  • Prov 16:22 : 22 Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.
  • Ps 78:2 : 2 I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
  • Matt 12:34 : 34 You offspring 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 will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."
  • John 7:38-39 : 38 He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water." 39 But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn't yet glorified.
  • Col 3:16 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart 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 the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

  • Prov 25:26
    76%

    26Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

  • Jas 3:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

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

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

  • Eccl 10:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

    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 out of your own cistern, running water out of your own well.

    16Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?

  • Prov 15:2
    74%

    2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

  • Prov 16:22-23
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    74%

    22Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.

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

  • Prov 18:3
    74%

    3When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.

  • Prov 10:31
    73%

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

  • Ps 37:30
    73%

    30The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.

  • Prov 2:6
    72%

    6For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.

  • Prov 27:19
    72%

    19As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.

  • Prov 15:4
    72%

    4A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

  • Prov 10:19-21
    3 verses
    72%

    19In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

    20The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.

    21The lips of the righteous feed many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

  • Prov 15:23-24
    2 verses
    72%

    23Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

    24The path of life leads upward for the wise, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.

  • Prov 18:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20A man's stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.

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

  • Prov 12:18
    72%

    18There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

  • Prov 10:14
    71%

    14Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    71%

    6A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

    7A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

  • Job 28:4
    71%

    4He breaks open a shaft away from where people live. They are forgotten by the foot. They hang far from men, they swing back and forth.

  • Prov 16:10
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    10Inspired judgments are on the lips of the king. He shall not betray his mouth.

  • Prov 15:7
    71%

    7The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.

  • Job 38:16
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    16"Have 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, flowing streams from Lebanon. Beloved

  • Prov 25:11
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    11A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

  • Prov 12:14
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    14A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man's hands shall be rewarded to him.

  • Prov 20:15
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    15There is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

  • Job 26:4
    70%

    4To whom have you uttered words? Whose spirit came forth from you?

  • Prov 4:5
    70%

    5Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 17:14
    70%

    14The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out.

  • Prov 3:20
    70%

    20By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.

  • Matt 15:18
    70%

    18But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.

  • Prov 4:24
    70%

    24Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

  • Prov 22:14
    70%

    14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: he who is under Yahweh's wrath will fall into it.

  • Luke 6:45
    70%

    45The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

  • Ps 49:3
    70%

    3My mouth will speak words of wisdom. My heart shall utter understanding.

  • Job 34:3
    69%

    3For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food.

  • Eccl 9:17
    69%

    17The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.

  • Prov 15:28
    69%

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