Cross references

Proverbs 18:4

The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters;

the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.

Proverbs 18:4 BSB

Proverbs 18:4 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 9 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 20:5 (10 votes) and Proverbs 10:11 (9 votes). 7 other verses point back to it. It links with 5 other books, from 2 Chronicles 9 to Colossians 4.

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Which verses does Proverbs 18:4 point to?

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  1. The intentions of a man’s heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.

  2. The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

  3. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

  4. The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.

  5. John 4:147 votes

    But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”

  6. Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

  7. Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

  8. Psalm 78:24 votes

    I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,

  9. You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

  10. Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.

Which verses point to Proverbs 18:4?

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