The words of a person’s mouth are deep waters,(A)
a flowing river, a fountain of wisdom.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 18:4 Or waters; a fountain of wisdom is a flowing river

Deep waters are words of the mouth of a man;
    a gushing stream is a fountain of wisdom.

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20 From the fruit of a person’s mouth his stomach is satisfied;
he is filled with the product of his lips.(A)

21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love it will eat its fruit.(B)

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20 From the fruit of a man’s mouth, his stomach will be satisfied,
    as for the yield of his lips, it will satisfy.
21 Death and life are in the power[a] of the tongue,
    and those who love her[b] will eat of her fruit.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:21 Literally “hand”
  2. Proverbs 18:21 That is, the power of the tongue