Proverbs 18:4

New English Translation

The words of a person’s mouth are like deep waters, and the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

Cross References

Psalm 78:2

I will sing a song that imparts wisdom; I will make insightful observations about the past.

Proverbs 10:11

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

Proverbs 13:14

Instruction from the wise is like a life-giving fountain, to turn a person from deadly snares.

Proverbs 16:22

Insight is like a life-giving fountain to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools.

Proverbs 18:3

When a wicked person arrives, contempt shows up with him, and with shame comes a reproach.

Proverbs 20:5

Counsel in a person’s heart is like deep water, but an understanding person draws it out.

Matthew 12:34

Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart.

John 4:14

But whoever drinks some of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again, but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up to eternal life.”

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God.

Colossians 4:6

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer everyone.