Pro 18:4
The words of a man's mouth {are as} deep waters, {and} the wellspring of wisdom {as} a flowing brook.
King James Version
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Counsel in the heart of man {is like} deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
The mouth of a righteous {man is} a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Let your speech {be} alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
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.
The law of the wise {is} a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
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.
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Understanding {is} a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools {is} folly.
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Death and life {are} in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Counsel in the heart of man {is like} deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
The mouth of a righteous {man is} a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Understanding {is} a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools {is} folly.
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.
And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.