Proverbs 18:4
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Words from the mouth of a man are as deep water: and the fountain of wisdom is an overflowing stream.

Proverbs 10:11
Hatred stirreth up strifes: and charity covereth all sins.

Proverbs 18:3
The wicked man, when he is come into the depths of sins, contemneth: but ignominy and reproach follow him.

Proverbs 20:5
Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out.

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Words from the mouth of a man are as deep water: and the fountain of wisdom is an overflowing stream.

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Proverbs 10:11 Hatred stirreth up strifes: and charity covereth all sins.

Proverbs 13:14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, that he may decline from the ruin of death.

Proverbs 16:22 Knowledge is a fountain of life to him that possesseth it: the instruction of fools is foolishness.

Proverbs 20:5 Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water: but a wise man will draw it out.

Matthew 12:34 O generation of vipers, how can you speak good things, whereas you are evil? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

John 4:14 But the water that I will give him shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up into life everlasting.

John 7:38,39 He that believeth in me, as the scripture saith: Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. . . .

Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you abundantly: in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, hymns and spiritual canticles, singing in grace in your hearts to God.

Colossians 4:6 Let your speech be always in grace seasoned with salt: that you may know how you ought to answer every man.

*the wellspring

Psalm 78:2 I will open my mouth in parables: I will utter propositions from the beginning.

Context
The Selfishness of the Unfriendly
3The wicked man, when he is come into the depths of sins, contemneth: but ignominy and reproach follow him. 4Words from the mouth of a man are as deep water: and the fountain of wisdom is an overflowing stream.5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from the truth of judgment.…
Lexicon
The words
דִּבְרֵ֣י (diḇ·rê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

of a man’s
אִ֑ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

mouth
פִי־ (p̄î-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

are deep
עֲ֭מֻקִּים (‘ă·muq·qîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6013: Deep

waters;
מַ֣יִם (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

the fountain
מְק֣וֹר (mə·qō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4726: Something dug, a, source, of happiness, wisdom, progeny)

of wisdom
חָכְמָֽה׃ (ḥāḵ·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2451: Wisdom

is a bubbling
נֹ֝בֵ֗עַ (nō·ḇê·a‘)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5042: To gush forth, to utter, to emit

brook.
נַ֥חַל (na·ḥal)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5158: A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft


Additional Translations
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 as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

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

A word in the heart of a man is a deep water, and a river and fountain of life spring forth.

The words of a man's mouth are deep waters, [and] the fountain of wisdom is a gushing brook.

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

The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the well-spring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

Deep waters are the words of a man's mouth, The fountain of wisdom is a flowing brook.
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