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The words of the mouth are deep waters;
    the fountain of wisdom is a gushing stream.(A)

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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 purposes in the human mind are like deep water,
    but the intelligent will draw them out.(A)

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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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14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,
    so that one may avoid the snares of death.(A)

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

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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 be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone.(A)

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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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16 Let the word of Christ[a] dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.[b](A)

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  1. 3.16 Other ancient authorities read of God or of the Lord
  2. 3.16 Other ancient authorities read to the Lord

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 and let the one who believes in me drink. As[a] the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer’s heart[b] shall flow rivers of living water.’ ”(A) 39 Now he said this about the Spirit, which believers in him were to receive, for as yet there was no Spirit[c] because Jesus was not yet glorified.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 7.38 Or come to me and drink. The one who believes in me, as
  2. 7.38 Gk out of his belly
  3. 7.39 Other ancient authorities read for as yet the Spirit (others, Holy Spirit) had not been given

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.”

14 but those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life.”(A)

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

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

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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 Wisdom is a fountain of life to one who has it,
    but folly is the punishment of fools.(A)

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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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