Proverbs 18:4

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

Cross References

Psalm 78:2

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

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life: But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 13:14

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, To depart from the snares of death.

Proverbs 16:22

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: But the correction of fools is their folly.

Proverbs 18:3

When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, And with ignominy cometh reproach.

Proverbs 20:5

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.

Matthew 12:34

Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

John 4:14

but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life.

Colossians 3:16

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

Colossians 4:6

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.