Proverbs 18:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁴ The words of a man's mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a gushing stream.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, And the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ The words of a [discreet and wise] man's mouth are like deep waters [plenteous and difficult to fathom], and the fountain of skillful and godly Wisdom is like a gushing stream [sparkling, fresh, pure, and life-giving].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters; The wellspring of wisdom is as a flowing brook.

Common English Bible

⁴ The words of a person’s mouth are deep waters, a bubbling stream, a fountain of wisdom.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Words from the mouth of a man are deep waters. And the fountain of wisdom is a torrent overflowing.

Proverbs 18:4 Cross References

Proverbs 20:5

The purpose in a man's mind is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Colossians 4:6

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer every one.

John 4:14

but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

Proverbs 13:14

The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may avoid the snares of death.

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teach and admonish one another in all wisdom, and sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers! how can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Psalm 78:2

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings from of old,

Proverbs 16:22

Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it, but folly is the chastisement of fools.

Proverbs 18:3

When wickedness comes, contempt comes also; and with dishonor comes disgrace.