Proverbs 18:4
Words from the mouth of a men are as deep water: and the fountain of wisdom as an overflowing stream.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 person of the wicked, to decline from the truth of judgment.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the just is a vein of life: and the mouth of the wicked covereth iniquity.
Proverbs 16:22Knowledge is a fountain of life to him that possesseth it: the instruction of fools is foolishness.
Matthew 12:34O 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 7:38He that believeth in me, as the scripture saith, Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Colossians 4:6Let your speech be always in grace seasoned with salt: that you may know how you ought to answer every man.
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 →