Proverbs 18:4
The words of a man's mouth are deep waters, [and] the fountain of wisdom is a gushing brook.
Darby Translation
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
3When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to wrong the righteous in judgment.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:11The mouth of a righteous [man] is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.
Proverbs 16:22Wisdom is a fountain of life for him that hath it; but the instruction of fools is folly.
Matthew 12:34Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
John 7:38He that believes on me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Colossians 4:6[Let] your word [be] always with grace, seasoned with salt, [so as] to know how ye ought to answer each one.
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 →