Verse 4

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 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.