The words of a man's mouth are (A)deep waters;
    the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.

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

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The purpose in a man's heart is like (A)deep water,
    but a man of understanding will draw it out.

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

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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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Let your speech always (A)be gracious, (B)seasoned with salt, (C)so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

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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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14 The teaching of the wise is (A)a fountain of life,
    that one may (B)turn away from the snares of death.

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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 but (A)whoever drinks of the water that I will give him (B)will never be thirsty again.[a] The water that I will give him will become (C)in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

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  1. John 4:14 Greek forever

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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16 Let (A)the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, (B)singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, (C)with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

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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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38 Whoever believes in me, (A)as[a] the Scripture has said, (B)‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of (C)living water.’” 39 Now (D)this he said about the Spirit, (E)whom those who believed in him were to receive, (F)for as yet the Spirit had not been (G)given, (H)because Jesus was not yet glorified.

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  1. John 7:38 Or let him come to me, and let him who believes in me drink. As

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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  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.”

34 (A)You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, (B)when you are evil? (C)For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

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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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(A)I will open my mouth (B)in a parable;
    I will utter dark sayings from of old,

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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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22 Good sense is (A)a fountain of life to him who has it,
    but the instruction of fools is folly.

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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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