The words of the mouth are deep waters,(A)
    but the fountain of wisdom is a rushing stream.

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The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

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The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters,(A)
    but one who has insight draws them out.

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Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

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11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,(A)
    but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.(B)

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11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

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Let your conversation be always full of grace,(A) seasoned with salt,(B) so that you may know how to answer everyone.(C)

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Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

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14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,(A)
    turning a person from the snares of death.(B)

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14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

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16 Let the message of Christ(A) dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom(B) through psalms,(C) hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.(D)

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16 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.

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38 Whoever believes(A) in me, as Scripture has said,(B) rivers of living water(C) will flow from within them.”[a](D) 39 By this he meant the Spirit,(E) whom those who believed in him were later to receive.(F) Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. John 7:38 Or me. And let anyone drink 38 who believes in me.” As Scripture has said, “Out of him (or them) will flow rivers of living water.”

38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

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14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst.(A) Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water(B) welling up to eternal life.”(C)

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14 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.

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34 You brood of vipers,(A) how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks(B) what the heart is full of.

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34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

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I will open my mouth with a parable;(A)
    I will utter hidden things, things from of old—

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I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

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22 Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent,(A)
    but folly brings punishment to fools.

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22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

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