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Wise words are like deep waters;
    wisdom flows from the wise like a bubbling brook.

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Though good advice lies deep within the heart,
    a person with understanding will draw it out.

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11 The words of the godly are a life-giving fountain;
    the words of the wicked conceal violent intentions.

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Let your conversation be gracious and attractive[a] so that you will have the right response for everyone.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:6 Greek and seasoned with salt.

14 The instruction of the wise is like a life-giving fountain;
    those who accept it avoid the snares of death.

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14 But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.”

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16 Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts.

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38 Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.’”[a] 39 (When he said “living water,” he was speaking of the Spirit, who would be given to everyone believing in him. But the Spirit had not yet been given,[b] because Jesus had not yet entered into his glory.)

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Footnotes

  1. 7:37-38 Or “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. 38 For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from the heart of anyone who believes in me.’”
  2. 7:39 Several early manuscripts read But as yet there was no Spirit. Still others read But as yet there was no Holy Spirit.

34 You brood of snakes! How could evil men like you speak what is good and right? For whatever is in your heart determines what you say.

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    for I will speak to you in a parable.
I will teach you hidden lessons from our past—

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22 Discretion is a life-giving fountain to those who possess it,
    but discipline is wasted on fools.

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