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Proverbs 18:4
Words from the mouth of a man are as deep water: and the fountain of wisdom is an overflowing stream.
Proverbs 18:4 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Proverbs 18:4 in other translations
The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.
The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
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In context
1 He that hath a mind to depart from a friend, seeketh occasions: he shall ever be subject to reproach.
2 A fool receiveth not the words of prudence: unless thou say those things which are in his heart.
3 The wicked man, when he is come into the depths of sins, contemneth: but ignominy and reproach follow him.
4 Words from the mouth of a man are as deep water: and the fountain of wisdom is an overflowing stream.
5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from the truth of judgment.
6 The lips of a fool intermeddle with strife: and his mouth provoketh quarrels.
7 The mouth of a fool is his destruction: and his lips are the ruin of his soul.
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