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Proverbs 18:3–4

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When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
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From verse 3

  1. 1 Peter 4:14Rank 1 from verse 3
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    14If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

  2. Proverbs 22:10Rank 2 from verse 3
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    10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

  3. 1 Peter 4:4Rank 3 from verse 3
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    4Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

  4. Proverbs 11:2Rank 4 from verse 3
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    2When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

  5. Proverbs 29:16Rank 5 from verse 3
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    16When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

  6. 1 Samuel 20:30Rank 6 from verse 3
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    30Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?

  7. Nehemiah 4:4Rank 7 from verse 3
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    4Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:

  8. Psalms 123:3–4Rank 8 from verse 3
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    3Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

    4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

  9. Psalms 69:20Rank 9 from verse 3
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    20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

  10. Psalms 69:9Rank 10 from verse 3
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    9For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

  11. Matthew 27:39–44Rank 11 from verse 3
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    39¶ And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

    40And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

    41Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,

    42He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.

    43He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

    44The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.

From verse 4

  1. Proverbs 20:5Rank 1 from verse 4
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    5Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

  2. Proverbs 10:11Rank 2 from verse 4
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    11The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

  3. Colossians 4:6Rank 3 from verse 4
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    6Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

  4. John 4:14Rank 4 from verse 4
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    14But 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.

  5. Proverbs 13:14Rank 5 from verse 4
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    14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

  6. John 7:38–39Rank 6 from verse 4
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    38He 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.)

  7. Colossians 3:16Rank 7 from verse 4
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    16Let 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.

  8. Matthew 12:34Rank 8 from verse 4
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    34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

  9. Psalms 78:2Rank 9 from verse 4
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    2I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

  10. Proverbs 16:22Rank 10 from verse 4
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    22Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

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Proverbs 18:3

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reproach

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Sense 1: Shame, disgrace, dishonour, contempt, blame, reviling, or taunt. Sense 2: As a verb, to shame, insult, blame, or speak contemptuously against.

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Proverbs 18:4

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words

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Spoken or written expressions, sayings, statements, messages, commands, promises, reports, or units of meaningful speech.

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

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deep

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Sense 1: Great in depth, or a place far beneath the surface. Sense 2: The sea, an abyss of waters, or deep waters. Sense 3: Profound, hidden, or difficult to reach or understand.

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wisdom

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Knowledge, understanding, judgment, skill, or prudence.

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flowing

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Sense 1: Present-participial or verbal-noun form of flow, meaning to move or run continuously as water. Sense 2: Figuratively, to stream, gather, or come abundantly.

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18:2A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

18:3When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.

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18:4The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

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18:5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

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