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Proverbs 18:4

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

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

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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