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The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters.
    The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

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The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters;
[a]The wellspring of wisdom is as a flowing brook.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:4 Or, A flowing brook, a wellspring of wisdom

20 A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth.
    With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue;
    those who love it will eat its fruit.

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20 A man’s belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth;
With the increase of his lips shall he be satisfied.
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue;
And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

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