Proverbs 18:4
Words from the mouth of a man are deep waters. And the fountain of wisdom is a torrent overflowing.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
In Context
5It is not good to accept the character of the impious, so as to turn away from true judgment.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the just is a vein of life. And the mouth of the impious covers iniquity.
Proverbs 16:22Learning is a fountain of life to one who possesses it. The doctrine of the foolish is senseless.
Matthew 12:34Progeny of vipers, how are you able to speak good things while you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
John 7:38whoever believes in me, just as Scripture says, ‘From his chest shall flow rivers of living water.’”
Colossians 4:6Let your speech be ever graceful, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to respond to each person.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 18:4
3 When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach. This may include a double sense:—1. That wicked people are scornful people, and put contempt upon others. When the wicked comes into any company, comes into the schools of wisdom or into the assemblies for religious worship, then comes contempt of God, of his people and ministers, and of every thing that is said and done. You can expect no other from those that are profane than that they will be scoffers; they will be an ignominy and… Read the whole commentary →