Proverbs 18:4
The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
KJV
Aqua profunda verba ex ore viri, et torrens redundans fons sapientiæ.
Vulgate
ὕδωρ βαθὺ λόγος ἐν καρδίᾳ ἀνδρός, ποταμὸς δὲ ἀναπηδύει καὶ πηγὴ ζωῆς.
LXX
The words of a man’s mouth areasdeep waters; The wellspring of wisdom is as a flowing brook.
ASV
מַ֣יִם עֲ֭מֻקִּים דִּבְרֵ֣י פִי אִ֑ישׁ נַ֥חַל נֹ֝בֵ֗עַ מְק֣וֹר חָכְמָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
חָכְמָ֑ה
chkmh
noun · 148×
י
y
noun · 496×
יַבִּ֥יעַ
yby'
verb · 11×
מְק֣וֹר
mqvr
noun · 17×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
נַ֣חַל
nchl
noun · 140×
עָמֹ֖ק
'mq
adjective · 17×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Col 3:16 — Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
- Col 4:6 — Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
- 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 be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
- John 7:38 — He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
- John 7:38 — He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
- Matt 12:34 — O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
- Matt 13:52 — Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
- Prov 10:11 — The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
- Prov 10:11 — The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
- Prov 13:14 — The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
- Prov 16:22 — Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
- Prov 16:22 — Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
- Prov 18:21 — Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
- Prov 20:5 — Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
- Prov 20:5 — Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
- Ps 78:2 — I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: